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From the "Spokesman Review."

February 15, 1896

Old Almira Trainorders-2

 

Coach Fares CW Branch Spokane To Coulee City

 

1950 President Truman Visits Wilbur

I have a post from 2008 of his visit to Wilbur, as seen here.

1988 Chasing The CW Branch

Photos courtesy of Jonathan Fischer. 

May 26, 1988

Near Creston. 

Near Wilbur.

Near Wilbur

Wilbur

Wilbur

Wilbur

Govan

Washington Locals

From "CTC Board."

November 1986

1979 BN Station Revenues-Spokane Division

 

F Units!

Courtesy of Blair Kooistra.

Blair says:
"From August 15, 1981, we're ankle deep in freshly turned soil and volcanic ash on a hillside between Wilbur and Creston, Washington, as the eastbound CW Local grinds past with a 35-car grain train pulled by a trio of F9's and a GP9, all former Northern Pacific. Fitting, as this branch from Cheney to Coulee City, Washington, is former Northern Pacific as well.

"This day, they train is all "modern" covered hoppers, all though many of them still wear the paint of predecessor railroads. A few miles ahead, the local will stop to pick up eight loaded woodchip cars, about the only non-grain business regularly handled on the line.

"This was the last harvest for the old Covered Wagons--by the end of the year, the last of BN's F-units working out of Spokane would go into storage, joining their sisters on the west side of the mountain which had ceased their labors only two weeks before."

Wilbur Depot View

Date and photographer unknown.

1960 Emerson Mill View At Wilbur

Hand Drawn CW Map

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

Grand Coulee Dam-Ten Good NP Trips

2012 Wilbur Derailment Photos

Courtesy of Bruce Butler.

March 3, 2012

BN 1975 Station Revenues W-Z

 Courtesy of Aaron Schwarz and the PNRA.

1971 BN Consolidated Annual Station Earnings

Courtesy of Aaron Schwarz and the PNRA.

1909 Fire Insurance Map Of Wilbur

 

Spokane Mail Is Delayed

From the "Spokesman Review."

January 1, 1933

1921 NP AFE Wilbur Motorcar

Courtesy of the NPRHA.

F Units Departing Wilbur

Photo courtesy of Micheal Sawyer.

September 27, 1980.

Micheal says:

"Departing Wilber around Sept 1980. Yes, Blair was there and I believe Brian was also.
Interesting thing about this Train, the throttle broke on the 712, Jerry the Engineer knew there were two cars full of railfans, keeping us in mind he's running from a rear unit while the brakeman is working the whistle and headlight up front."