Great Northern Bought Site Of Marr Lumber Yard

From the "Wenatchee World."

March 13, 1909

Moses Coulee To Get Branch Line

From the "Wenatchee World."

July 31, 1906

Coulee Branch Is Finished

From the "Wenatchee World."

October 18, 1909

Railroad Work Is Progressing

From the "Wenatchee World."

July 8, 1909

Commence Laying Steel June 1st

From the "Wenatchee World."

May 10, 1910

Railroad Camps

From the "Wenatchee World."

September 26, 1908

Wheatload Is Great

From the "Wenatchee World."

October 28, 1910

Adrian Company Makes Progress

From the "Wenatchee World."

March 4, 1909

Railroad To Locate In Moses Coulee

From the "Wenatchee World."

August 6, 1906

Three Towns Want County Seat

From the "Wenatchee World."

August 3, 1910.

1978 Coulee City Runaway Boxcar

From the "News & Standard" photo archive, courtesy ShirleyRae Maes.

No date.

Unknown why this boxcar has gone off the end of the track beyond the grain elevators in Coulee City.

Brand To Run To Waterville

From the "Wenatchee World."

June 5, 1908

Irby Townsite Co.

From the "Wenatchee World."

April 30, 1907

1976 Doris

Photo courtesy of Gary Brown.

West switch four years after the electricity had been turned off.

Last Remnant Of The Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern In Eastern Washington

Wye track at Davenport. This view from June 24, 2009 shows cars stored on the track.

Cascadian At Trinidad

1940s view of the Great Northern daytime train across Washington State. Note the warehouse on the right-hand side of the view is still standing in 2016.

First Train On The US Construction Railroad

July 29. 1935

First Train On The US Construction Railroad

July 29, 1935

Doles Spur

Doles Spur is between Mitchell Spur (K142) and Gloyd (K149). It was
constructed as a gravel pit spur during construction of the Connell Northern Railway
Company. It was later named Nagel Spur. Nagel was established as a station
in October 1, 1911 and was named after a man who was land agent for the Grant
Realty Company of Milwaukee. He owned lands in the vicinity of Moses Lake
near here. A Fred Nagel took up a homestead near here about the year 1906
but evidently later moved to Twin Falls, Idaho. Along the line of time, the
name was changed to Banks and then back to Nagel. The reason for Dole and Banks
is probably the same, after someone who had influence. The town, under any
name, never grew large enough for a post office. Grant County, Washington
(Section 18, Township 20 North, Range 28 East)
Station K145, from Connell, MP 45.6 originally, then from Cheney, MP 139.9
to 141.2 (depending on the year)

1930s Coulee City Street Scene

Note the depot directly at the end of Main Street.

NP Trackage Rights On GN At Adrian

From: The Application of the Northern Pacific Railway Company

Before the Interstate Commerce Commission

Filed Nov. 6, 1933.

In the matter of the application of the Northern Pacific Railway Company for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a new line of railroad from a connection with applicant’s existing line at Odair, Washington, to a point at the head of the Grand Coulee above the proposed Columbia River dam in Grant County, Washington

Page 5

 (p) Applicant (NP) is negotiating with the Great Northern Railway Company with a view to having the latter company share equally in the cost of construction and ownership of said proposed branch line of railroad, with a grant to the Great Northern Railway Company of trackage rights on the present line of the Northern Pacific between Adrian, Washington and Odair. In the event that some such contract arrangement is made between the two companies proper applications to this Commission for approval thereof and for the necessary certificates of public convenience and necessity will be made.

Signed

Charles Donnelly

Waiting For The Train That Never Came

March 10, 1977

Columbia Basin Project Yields Abundant Fruit

From "The Reclamation Era."

February 1931

Purdy Scrapyard Site

Along the old Air Base Spur outside of Ephrata.

October 6, 2005

1926 Grant County Map

1926 Lincoln County Map

Open the map in a new tab and you can then get to see the much larger version.

Map Of Roads To Grand Coulee Dam

Undated map, but probably from the early 1930s.

Map Of Proposed Ritzville Branch

Undated photo showing the branch as a dotted line between Ritzville and Schrag and between Warden and Ellensburg. In fact there were about 5 surveys made and I will be posting those soon.

2009 EWG Locomotives At Davenport

As of this writing, the 2 SD45s have been retired and the GP7 has been repainted into an NP style scheme and is still running on the railroad.

June 24, 2009 photo date.

Douglas Creek Bridge Locations

Located just south of Columbia River and north of Vulcan, the first two photos show the abutment locations of the original wooden trestle from the original alignment of the Great Northern.

The first two miles of the branch to Mansfield are also a part of this original alignment and you can see where the branch curved away from the bridge location to the right of the upper photo just below the trees.

Across the river you can see the 1909 alignment and the current bridge over the creek. Note the line in the hillside of the old mainline/Mansfield branch.

Rail Expands As Irrigation Expands

From "Reclamation Era."

August 1969