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From the "Spokesman Review."

February 15, 1896

1890 SLS&E Timetable

Courtesy of Sean Rotinski.

BN CW local At Medical Lake

Courtesy of Tom Carver.

October 1980

"BN's CW local, a.k.a. the Coulee City Turn, is westbound at Medical Lake, Wash., after diverging onto the branch at Cheney. BN's numbering scheme placed A units with even numbers and B units with odd, so the chances of lead F9A 818 being paired with trailing 817 were only fair at best. Covered hoppers were starting to take over by this time in October 1980, but there is still a good sized cut of 40-foot grain boxes entrained as well. It's harvest time, so the seven-unit mix of Fs and Geeps will be needed on the return trip the following day."

1893 Spokane County Map View

 

Coach Fares CW Branch Spokane To Coulee City

 

1929 NP AFE Lake Shore Property Disposal

Courtesy of the NPRHA.

Hand Drawn CW Map

Drawn by Robert Scott for a feature on the Eastern Washington Gateway he was working on at the time.

Big Bend Region News

From the Spokane Falls "Chronicle."

March 18, 1890

Seattle & Eastern Construction Co Public Timecard

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

March 22, 1890

Great Northern Plans

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

December 1, 1891

President Of The Spokane & Seattle Visits The Region

From the "Spokesman Review."

January 15, 1897

EWG Transformer Special

Photo by Ted Curphey.

May 2017

EWG Transformer Special starting it's assault on 1.9% Deep Creek Hill. Deep Creek is a old community, even predating Spokane by years. It was a popular watering hole on the Colville trail when in the waning days of the 49'er gold strike in California, reports of gold in the Colville Mountains brought many a hard luck 49'er north along a path between Fort Walla Walla and Colville. But the Northern Transcon would bypass Deep Creek and favor Spokane with prosperity for decades to come. Today Deep Creek is a forgotten station on the old NP Central Washington RR, now operated by the Eastern Washington Gateway RR.

Eastern Washington Gateway's Transformer Special moving through Medical Lake this afternoon with Zachary Hastings and Gary Durr in charge.

Two Coaches And A Sleeper

From the "Spokesman Review."

September 8, 1903

No Train On New Cutoff Today

From the "Spokesman Review."

December 1, 1903

GN Crossing Of The SLS&E

Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society. Thanks to Ted Curphey for sharing.

Engineering Chart SLS&E Eastern Division Davenport To Spokane

Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society. Thanks to Ted Curphey for sharing. 

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