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  • Collection: Northwest Rails

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"Dayton; Columbia County. The state's most picturesque station; view S. W."

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"Cheney; Spokane County. This pleasant college town station with its red tiled roof is an attractive departure from the accostomed drab design."

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Brewster. Okanogan County. Great Northern Station View South. Prototype of white painted stations east and west of Cascades.

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A train rounds the Celilo Portage in the Columbia River Gorge. Date unknown.

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Wreck on bridge caused by snow slide on February 18, 1915. The passenger car hangs precariously from the ruined trestle.

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Passenger train wreck at the "S" curve bridge near Wallace on February 18, 1915.

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The "S" bridge near the town of Wallace before the great snow slide of Feb 18, 1915.

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On January 22, 1889 a westbound Northern Pacific train was nearing the low trestle over Hangman Creek. A man named Gustoff Hahndorff, who was hitching a ride, fell off and under the train causing it to derail. This picture shows the aftermath of…

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"Snowslide at Mace, Idaho, February 28, 1910."

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"Two great snowslides at Mace, Idaho, March 29, 1894"

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"Snow cut made from snow slide March 29, 1894"

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"Two great snow slides at Mace, Idaho, March 29, 1894. No one hurt. Picture is taken from the top of one slide looking toward the other. Slide was from 75 to 100 feet in depth, cut made was 86 ft. by actual measurement one month after the slide…
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