Hanford Rail Line Needed

From the "Tri-City Herald."

December 4, 1979

1915 Columbia River

From the 1915 "Standard Atlas of Douglas County."

Freight Train Jumps Tracks

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

April 23, 1984

Withrow Near The Top

From "The Withrow Banner."

July 11, 1913

Air Pollution Compliance for Purdy Company

From the "Tri-City Herald."

August 29, 1975

North Coast Railway Plans

From the "North Montana Review."

December 22, 1906

Great Northern Railroad Fails to Secure Water Rights and Finds Itself Cut Off

From the "Evening News," San Jose, CA.

November 30, 1909

Ephrata To Keep Amtrak Service

From the "Tri-City Herald."

December 2, 1973

Ruff's Holding Out Against Junkman Holm

From the "Tri-City Herald."

September 28, 1973

Sugar Beets Shipped From Basin to Oregon, Idaho Plants

From the "Spokesman-Review."

October 29, 1953

That Railway to Republic

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

August 15, 1899

1915 Moses Siding Area

From the 1915 "Standard Atlas of Douglas County."

Wrecked at Winchester

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

April 7, 1902

1915 Douglas

From the 1915 "Standard Atlas of Douglas County."

Pilot Detects Train Fire

From the "Spokesman-Review."

September 21, 1959

1915 Withrow

From the 1915 "Standard Atlas of Douglas County."

Will Beverly Be Lost in Railroad Shuffle?

From the "Lewiston Morning Tribune."

March 5, 1980

1915 Mansfield

From the 1915 "Standard Atlas of Douglas County."

Railroad Constructs Branchline

From the "Ellensburg Daily Record."

November 16, 1966

1915 Palisades

From the 1915 "Standard Atlas of Douglas County."

Town Sends Out an SOS

From "The News and Courier," Charleston, NC.

February 28, 1957

Milepost 111

Found this along the old Adrian Cut-off, just south of Coulee City. Though Coulee City is now at Milepost 108, at one time 108 was just outside of town going towards Adrian, and the town was reached on a side track.

This section was abandoned in 1979.

Ephrata Gets Plant, Storage

From the "Spokesman-Review."

April 28, 1954

Bad Rail News Causes no Stir

From the "Spokesman-Review."

February 19, 1929

Soap Lake AFEs

This is a summary to the "Applications For Expenditures" (AFE) files which were project files for all purchases, construction or removal of facilities or equipment from Great Northern property. These files sometimes contain correspondence, invoices, blueprints and other project information, and often contain insight into events or changes in a specific area at a point in time.

As a summary, it does give a look into the changes made over the years.

From the GN-NP Archives.

1909    Install ROW fence

1911    Construct public crossing

1911    Construct private crossing

1910    Move 24x28 depot from Odessa to Soap Lake

1912    Construct private crossing

1912    Install ROW fence

1913    Install mail crane

1914    Extend passing track 989 feet.

1917    Move privy

1918    Install train order signal

1923    Install electric lights in depot

1923    Relay rail in passing track less than 75#.

1926    Remove mail trucks

1928    Place derail on industry track

1929    Remove passing track

1929    Replace mail crane

1929    Upgrade turnouts with 110# rail

1941    Train order signal to Valley

1941    Remove station equipment

1945    Move watchman’s house from Columbia River for depot

1947    Relay rail Wilson Creek to Soap Lake

1948    Relay rail

1949    Relay rail

1953    Construct private crossing

1954    Construct highway underpass

1957    Improve clearance of communication facilities

1963    Remove industry track

Ephrata Port Beats Chicago's

From the "Spokesman-Review."

June 25, 1954

Cold Improves Rail Operations

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

March 5, 1957

State Budget Benefits West Plains--For Now

From "The Free Press," Cheney, WA.

May 17, 2007

Huge Grain-Moving Task Facing Region's Railmen

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

April 15, 1955

1954 Moses Lake Branch Train Order and Clearance Card

Courtesy of Allen Miller

16 Trains of 50 Cars Each Required to Haul Basin Beets

From the "Spokesman-Review."

October 29, 1953