My Grandfather Shipped Cream To Tacoma

And other locations too, including Spokane and Wenatchee.

I have most all of the receipts from over the years, plus the cream cans. Also have the cream separator too, though it's in poor shape.

Bye Bye Ephrata Depot

From the "Grant County Journal."

November 2, 2015

WSDOT Manager Says PCC Railroad Progressing

From the "Columbia Basin Herald."

June 21, 2006

My Grandfather Shipped Veal To Pike Place Market

 I have a lot of receipts from Chet Hansen, but only this one REA receipt.

Schrag Grain Train

Photographer unknown.

No date, but a few years ago for sure. 

Coming down the hill into Connell.

All the cars seen in the photo reached 50 years of service and were not allowed to be used in interchange service. Those cars were reclaimed from CBRW lines and split up between other state PCC lines.

1926 Rock Island Bridge View

Not sure where I came across this.

CBRW 12 At Bruce

Photo by Lauren Scrafford.

Lauren says:
"Columbia Basin, CBRW 12 switching out the industries at Bruce, WA on August 7, 2025. This was a roster shot taken at one of the crossings at Bruce.

"CBRW 12 is a rebuilt SD9 that was built as Colorado & Southern 832 in April of 1959. It went through 2 mergers with Burlington Northern as the BN 6227 and BNSF 1735. It was retired by BNSF and went to the TCYR 25 before being purchased by the Columbia Basin."

Wilson Creek At Mercy Of Floods

From the "Spokesman Review."

January 27, 1910

In The Path Of The North Coast Limited

From "Trains."

November 1987

Barreling Down The Track

From "Wheat Life."

December 2019

Old Landmark Is Razed

From the Coulee City "News & Standard."

February 2, 1967

The building was located between what is now the south and center tracks, across from the still standing Potlatch Yards building.

1959 Rock Island Survey

From "An Economic Survey of Douglas County" by William T Nordeen.

1959

Quad County Regional Transportation Plan 2017-2037

Just the railroad parts of the document.

 

 

2020 Fall Scene Near Schlomer

Photo courtesy of Steven J. Brown.

Steve says:
"Columbia Basin SD9 12 (built 1959 as C&S 832 to BNSF 6115 to TCRY 25), SD9 610 (built 1957 as EJ&E 602 to MRL 610), GP9u 2294 (built 1956 as AT&SF GP9 719 to AT&SF GP9u 2294) and SD19-1 651 (built 1957 as EJ&E SD9 601 to MRL 609 to MRL SD19-1 651) heading to Connell at Schlomer, Washington - November 9, 2020."

Coast Division Motive Power in Early 1953

 

Train Theft Attempted In Warden

From the "Columbia Basin Herald."

November 12, 2025

Included here, as it's a better written story than the one from yesterday.

Attempted Train Theft Leads To Arrest In Warden

From the unreliable, but I'm going to go with this one, Source One News.

November 12, 2025

1959 Mansfield Survey

From "An Economic Survey of Douglas County" by William T Nordeen.

1959

2021 Notice Of Exemption CSBP