1910 Ritzville Branch Water Supply Correspondance

Quincy Depot Arrivals And Departures Board

Last service at Quincy was via the Western Star. After many years, the letters were removed, but you can still make out what the board says. Board is now safely tucked away with the Quincy Valley Historical Society.

Big Bend Electric Railroad

From the "Pullman Herald."

August 6, 1904

Difference of Decades Adrian Interchange Switch

Both views face generally south. The Google link will have you facing north.


1978 photo courtesy of Dorothy Kimball.

April 2012 view.

Google maps view:

1979 Dry Coulee Trestle Demolition

From the "News & Standard" film archive.

Courtesy of ShirleyRae Maes.

Note the dust cloud. This is a crawler tractor moving the rails around. Some of the timbers are now out of place too.

This location, from the county road, today:

1979 Dry Coulee Trestle

From the "News & Standard" film archive.

Courtesy of ShirleyRae Maes.

This was the biggest of the three through Dry Coulee. See a better view, from the other side, here.

2011 CBRW Letter

NP Milk Can Waybill

Found this amongst the possessions of my late grandfather. It goes well with all the consignee tickets and milk cans around here.

Here is the receipt for one of the cans:

Difference Of Decades Dry Coulee Trestle

After recently getting a hold of a few photos from the late Dorothy Kimball, I was looking through the photos I took during a hike of the old railroad grade through Dry Coulee. Sure enough, I managed to nearly match one of her shots, totally by accident.

Keep in mind that Dorothy was looking for interesting things to paint, so she had no qualms about drawing on her picture to help out.

1978 view:

2010 view.