Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Big Bend Area Abandonments

I present to you a list of lines in Eastern Washington, including parts of North Idaho, Oregon, and British Columbia abandoned by the railroads.
This is pretty near a complete list, though I do not include the Union Pacific owned lines. I suspect there are errors of some sort. Please let me know if you find any.

GREAT NORTHERN (GN)
Steven’s Pass Switchbacks, 1900
Boyds, 1917
Peshastin-Winton, 1928
Scenic-Berne, 1929
Republic-Boyds, 1941
Newport-Boyer, 1972
SP&S Connection-Ft Wright, 1972
Havermale Island, 1972
partial Fairchild-Geiger Spur, 1981
Spokane Bridge-Post Falls, 1982
San Poil-Republic, 1983
Post Falls-Coeur d’Alene, 1984
Newport-Dean, 1984
Hillyard, 1984
Old Leavenworth-Leavenworth, 1984
Mansfield-Columbia River, 1985
Dover Jct-Newport, 2002
Danville-San Poil, 2006

WASHINGTON & GREAT NORTHERN
VANCOUVER, VICTORIA & EASTERN
(GN)
Eureka Gulch Branch, 1917
Granby Smelter-Columbia Jct, 1920
Grand Forks-Granby Smelter, 1920
Kilgard-Cloverdale, 1929
Molson-Oroville, 1931
Bookmere-Princeton, 1933
Curlew-Molson, 1935
Hedley-Princeton, 1939
Keremos-Hedley, 1955
Keremos-Chopaka, 1985
Chopaka-Curlew, 1985
Danville, 2006

SPOKANE, COEUR D’ ALENE, & PALOUSE
SPOKANE & INLAND EMPIRE
(GN)
Liberty Lake Jct-Liberty Lake, 1930
Spokane-Mt. Hope, 1952
Vera-Dishman, 1963
Manning-Colfax, 1967
West Fairfield-Fairfield, 1972
Seabury-Oaksdale, 1972
Crabtree-Grinnell, 1972
Viola-Estes, 1972
Coeur d’Alene, 1977
Dishman-Spear, 1978
Oaksdale-Crabtree, 1978
Rosalia-Manning, 1978-83
Fairbanks-Seabury, 1980
Balder-Manning, 1980
Spring Valley-Fairbanks, 1983
Grinnell-Palouse, 1983
Mt. Hope-Spring Valley, 1983
Palouse-Viola, 1984
Estes-Moscow, 1984
Palouse-Grinnell, 1984
Atlas-Coeur d’Alene, 1984
Colfax-Balder, 1984
Greenacres-Post Falls, 1984
Estes 1984
Balder-Rosalia, 1984
Carders-Greenacres, 1985
Balder-Spring Valley, 1986
Spokane-Carders, 1987

SPOKANE FALLS & NORTHERN
(GN)
Hillyard-Wayside, 1900
Boundary-Rossland, 1922
Northport-Boundary, 1923
Grand Forks Jct-Grand Forks, 1930
Marcus-Boyds, 1941

SPOKANE, PORTLAND, & SEATTLE (SP&S)
Lakeside Jct-Ainsworth Jct, 1988

COLUMBIA RIVER & NORTHERN
(SP&S)
Klickitat-Goldendale, 1992
Lyle-Klickitat, 1993

NORTHERN PACIFIC (NP)
Pasco-Columbia River, 1888
Sunnyside-Granger, 1938
Ronald-Lakedale, before 1939
Monumental-Riparia, 1965
Monumental-Riparia, 1970
Sagehill-Basin City, 1983,
Cle Elum-Ronald, 1986
Zillah-Granger, 1999
Mesa-Basin City, 1996

SPOKANE & PALOUSE
(NP)
Belmont-Farmington, 1961
Pullman Jct-Genesee, 1984
Moscow-Arrow, 1996

COLUMBIA & PALOUSE
(NP)
Connell-Hooper, 1978

CENTRAL WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON CENTRAL
(NP)
Adrian-Odair, 1978

CONNELL NORTHERN
(NP)
Wheeler-Adrian, 1983

SEATTLE, LAKE SHORE, & EASTERN
SPOKANE & SEATTLE
(NP)
Spokane-Eleanor, 1900
Eleanor-Davenport, 1983

NORTH YAKIMA & VALLEY
(NP)
Moxee City, 1984
Brace-Tieton, 1999
Granger-Parker, 1994
Fruitvale-Naches, 2006

WALLA WALLA VALLEY
(NP)
Milton Freewater-Umapine, 1943
Walla Walla-Milton Freewater, 1985
Yellow Hawk Branch, 1985
Baker Langdon-College Place, 1985

OREGON & WASHINGTON TERRITORY
WASHINGTON & COLUMBIA RIVER
(NP)
Tracy-Walla Walla, 1970
Tracy Jct-Tracy, 1972
Eureka-Pleasant View, 1981
Walair-Dayton, 1984
Walla Walla-Dixie, 1984
Smeltz-Athena, 1985
Attalia-Walair 1986
Attalia-UP Connection, 1991
Zanger Jct-Pendleton, 1991

CLEARWATER SHORT LINE
CAMAS PRAIRIE
(NP)
West of Stites, 1984
Stites-Kooskia, 1985
Revling-Headquarters, 1985
Spaulding-Grangeville, 2003??
MP 3.5-Revling, 2004

SEATTLE, LAKE SHORE & EASTERN
SPOKANE & SEATTLE
WASHINGTON WATER POWER
Spokane-Medical Lake, 1922

WASHINGTON WATER POWER
Cheney Jct-Cheney, 1922

WASHINGTON, IDAHO, & MONTANA
MILWAUKEE ROAD (1962)
BURLINGTON NORTHERN (1981)
Bovill-Harvard, 2001
Palouse-Harvard, OOS

MILWAUKEE ROAD
Miles City, MT-Othello, 1980
Royal Jct-Renton, 1980
Warden-Tiflis, 1980
Tiflis-Marcellus, 1980
Tiflis-Seiler, 1980
Beverly Jct-Hanford, 1980

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