NorthwestsOwnRailway

NorthwestsOwnRailway

The Northwest's Own Railway

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway and its Subsidiaries

Walter M. Grande 1992, Multco Central, 385.0979 G751n v. 1

Front pages, two page color map of railroads, copyright but undated, NORTHERN PACIFIC logo, west to east from ocean to western Montana/Idaho border, north to south from Everett to Portland, showing 19 railroads. Spokane Portland Seattle on the north side of the Columbia, Union Pacific on the south side. The Northern Pacific runs from Portland north towards the Canadian border (bypassing Seattle to the east of Lake Washington), the Great Northern Railroad runs though Seattle and Everett. The extra 80 miles north to the Canadian border or the 110 miles to the Vancouver BC Amtrak station is not shown.

• p25 SP&S schedule No. 19a, Corrected to July 17, 1910

  • Inland Empire Express #1, 800 am Spokane to 815 pm Portland, 29 regular stops, 35 flag stops.
  • The Oregonian #5, 730 pm Spokane to 705 am Portland, 17 regular stops, 10 flag stops.
  • North Bank Limited #3, 900 pm Spokane to 730 am Portland 8 regular stops, 6 flag stops.
• p53 double-tracked between Portland and Vancouver WA.
• p59 May 1948 flood, Union Station out of service, Vanport destroyed.

• p69 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition 406 acres including 220 acres of lake. Filled with sluiced dirt from west hills.

• p99 photo of 1948 fill collapse at North Portland Junction that destroyed Vanport. Fill looks like 30 feet above water level, 200 feet wide.
• p137 Wishram (formerly Fallbridge) built 1912
• p189 Pasco elevation 358 feet, Great Northern depot in Spokane at 1871 feet, Northern Pacific Depot at 1920 feet.
  • Northern Pacific tracks at grade, moved to elevated tracks

• p193 Spokane map showing SP&S merging with Great Northern west of city and Spokane River

  • Google maps shows Spokane train station between Sprague avenue to the north, 2nd Avenue to the south, Washington Street to the west, Browne Street to the east.
• p197 Photo of tracks, Great Northern tracks and train station on the left, Northern Pacific tracks on the right
  • p209 both stations removed for 1974 Spokane World's Fair
• p216 D.C. Corbin built 140 mile Spokane International tracks from Spokane to Eastport Idaho 1906. Purchased by Canadian Pacific Railroad in 1916
• p225 "First train on the new line departed Great Northern depot for Portland June 5, 1910
• p260 Passenger service 1912: Train 1 used Northern Pacific depot and Train 3 used the Great Northern depot