Governor Runs Engine On Railway To Dam Site

From the "Spokesman Review."

July 30, 1935

1950 Smyrna Topo Map

Train Ready To Begin Run-Governor Waits for "High Ball"

From the "Spokesman-Review."

July 30, 1935

1948 Priest Rapids Topo Map

Big Crowd On Hand To Greet Train At Grand Coulee Dam

From the "Spokesman Review."

July 30, 1935

1945 Reardan Topo Map

Progress On Adrian Cutoff

From the "Spokesman Review."

July 23, 1903

1925 Schrag Topo Map

Map shows the grade beyond Schrag that went all the way to Ritzville. Too bad the NP did not complete the cutoff.

Columbia Span Historic Place

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

September 5, 1975

Rail Bridge Fire Quelled

From the "Spokesman Review."

August 21, 1985

Fire On Bridge Threatens 13 Rail Cars

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

August 20, 1985

Railroad Keeps Eye On Span

From "The Bulletin."

August 21, 1985

Train Burns On Rock Island Trestle-2

Jim Berg stopped by right after the bridge was reopened and took these photos.

Photos courtesy of Jim Berg.

Train Burns On Rock Island Trestle

From the "Wenatchee World."

August 20, 1985

Buying Right Of Way For new Railroad

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

May 3, 1909

1925 Batum And Moody Topo Map

Nature Helped On Coulee Dam

From the "Spokesman Review."

August 2, 1933

1924 White Bluffs Topo Map

Complete Adrian And Connell Line

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

July 8, 1910

1924 Othello Topo Map

Modern Machinery On College Train

From the "Spokesman Review."

May 26, 1912

1923 Tiflis Topo Map

A place located near the middle of no where, these 2 different railroad junctions would lead you to believe that rail operations were quite busy here. One, the Milwaukee Road from Warden to Tiflis, where the branch to Marcellus split from the branch to Moses Lake. Two, the Northern Pacific from Connell to Warden then north to Coulee City, branched at Bassett Jct for what the NP called it's "Ritzville Branch," which only had rail laid as far as Schrag, though was fully graded to Ritzville. That was to be part of a cutoff the NP intended to use to shorten it's line across the state.

Today, all of the NP tracks shown here survive, as part of the Columbia Basin Railway.

Basin Is Growing In Every Corner

From the "Spokesman Review."

December 29, 1946