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Spokane -- Railroads -- Great Northern (#01)
Great Northern Railroad shops at Hillyard, Washington. Taken February 15, 1964.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Great Northern (#03)
Building the tracks east of Division and south of the Spokane River. Date unknown.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Great Northern (#04)
Workers watch as a steam shovel moves earth into a horse driven railcart during the building of tracks east of Division and south of the Spokane River. Date unknown.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Lakeshore Railroad (#01)
Laying railroad track along the north bank of the Spokane River between the present Downriver Park and the Bowl and Pitcher. This railroad was projected to be built between Spokane and Seattle. Capital failed and the railroad only reached Davenport.…
Spokane -- Railroads -- Northern Pacific (#01)
Copy of a photo by William Donahue showing the construction of the first Northern Pacific freight depot in Spokane - located between 2nd and 3rd on Madison. Sill plates of the structure are in the process of being laid. Passenger depot is the two…
Spokane -- Railroads -- Northern Pacific (#03)
Arrival of the first Northern Pacific train over the grade separation tracks within the city, ca. 1915.
Spokane -- Railroads -- Depots -- Northern Pacific (#01)
Original Northern Pacific passenger depot converted to a home and moved to 2nd between Madison and Jefferson. North side of the street taken in 1902.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Celilo/Portage Railway (#02)
A train rounds the Celilo Portage in the Columbia River Gorge. Date unknown.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Accidents (#01)
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…
Northwest -- Railroads -- Accidents (#02)
The "S" bridge near the town of Wallace before the great snow slide of Feb 18, 1915.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Accidents (#03)
Passenger train wreck at the "S" curve bridge near Wallace on February 18, 1915.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Accidents (#04)
Wreck on bridge caused by snow slide on February 18, 1915. The passenger car hangs precariously from the ruined trestle.
Northwest -- Washington -- Medical Lake (#01)
The depot of the Washington Water Power Interurban in Medical Lake. Date unknown.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Electric (#01)
Formally dressed passengers wait at the electric railroad station at Liberty Lake Junction (north of the current site of the freeway). Taken c. 1905.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Great Northern (#01)
Two types of the Great Northern passenger locomotives on display in the brickyard east of Division St. On the left is one of the William Crooks's design, first built in 1861, and on the right is the 2500, a P-2 class steam locomotive. Taken c. 1923.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Locomotives (#01)
The Oregon Pony on display near Portland's Union Station in 1936. The first locomotive in the Pacific Northwest, the Oregon Pony operated on the Oregon Portage Railway which moved freight and passengers around both the Cascades and the Great Dalles…
Northwest -- Railroads -- Spokane, Portland & Seattle (#01)
A railroad cut and tunnel along the canyon of the Palouse River. Date unknown.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Locomotives (#06)
First train to Astoria returning to Portland from Astoria on May 16, 1898.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Locomotives (#08)
Rayonier, Inc. logging locomotive #10 on display in Forks. Date unknown.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Locomotives (#12)
Men pose near a locomotive idling. Presumed to be in Spokane Valley, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Northern Pacific (#01)
A view of 3rd Avenue to Spring Street in September 1883 during the celebration of the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad at the University of Washington grounds.
Northwest -- Railroads -- Northern Pacific (#02)
First train arriving in Seattle over the Columbia & Puget Sound Railway in September 1883. This was also the first passenger train to arrive in Seattle and it brough officials of the Northern Pacific Railway of which the Columbia & Puget Sound was a…
Northwest -- Railroads -- Northern Pacific (#03)
Railroad barbeque by whites and Indians on the University of Washington campus celebrating the completion of the Northern Pacific Railway and the arrival of the first train in September 1883.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#01)
The old type of rotary plow maintained by the Union Pacific Railway for the purpose of keeping tracks cleared of snow. Taken c. 1890 by the Barnard Studio (?).
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#02)
Photo taken of workers on the rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#04)
Photo taken of workers on the rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#05)
Locomotive on the rail line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#06)
Two locomotives prepare to pass each other on the rail line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#08)
Rail worker and family in front a house on the line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#09)
Photo taken of a worker in front of a house on the rail line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#10)
Photo taken of a rail worker and his family near the rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#12)
Railroad workers pose with cats on the rail line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#13)
Rail line between Hooper and Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#14)
Railroad worker and cat pose on the rail line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#15)
Worker rests on what may be the Joso Viaduct across the Snake River, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#16)
Photo taken of worker and dogs on a chair on the rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#17)
The rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Fall, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#18)
A cat sits on a small handcar near the rail tracks between Hooper and Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#19)
A cat sits in the sun on rail tracks between Hooper and Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls. Taken c. 1920.
Northwest -- Railroads -- OWRNC/Union Pacific (#20)
Photo taken of workers and family eating lunch on the rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920