Wrecked locomotive

Flooding in 1923 caused the subgrade under the track to washout. This locomotive was heavily damaged when it rolled into Douglas Creek. This accident happened about 1.4 miles south of Douglas.

ROW and Track Plans

These blueprints below are from Great Northern Railway’s Engineer/Right-of-way Drawings. These were the original drawings submitted by GNRY to Douglas County and Certified by the State of Washington for start of construction. The following sample prints show all the locations of the bridge trestles within these documents. The date on these documents is 1908, but ROW acquisition began as early as 1906. These Documents have been residing in the courthouse vault for the last 100 years.

Bridge 8: 4 trestle bents and 2 mud sills

Bridge 42: 8 pile bents (1) 16’ opening for wagon road


Bridge 41: 4 pile bents, 8 trestles on piles, 3 cripple trestles and (1) 12’ opening for wagon road

Bridge 40: 10 pile bents



Bridge 39: Pile bulkheads



Bridge 38: 4 pile bents



Bridge 37: 9 pile bents



Bridge 34: 9 pile bents/ Bridge 35: 10 pile bents/ Bridge 36: 10 pile bents

Bridge 31: 8 trestle bents/ Bridge 32: 10 trestle bents/ Bridge 33: 10 trestle bents

Bridge 29: 9 trestle bents/ Bridge 30: 9 trestle bents

Bridge 28: 9 trestle bents/ Bridge 29: 9 trestle bents

Bridge 27: 9 pile bents

Bridge 25: 9 trestle bents and 2 mud sills/ Bridge 26: 17 trestle bents and 2 mud sills

Bridge 22: 10 pile bents/ Bridge 23: 9 pile bents/ Bridge 24: 10 pile bents

Bridge 18: 10 pile bents/ Bridge 19: 6 frame bents and 6 pile bents
Bridge 20: 6 trestles on piles and 6 pile bents/ Bridge 21: 9 pile bents/ Bridge 22: 10 pile bents

Bridge 14: 5 trestles on piles and 6 pile bents/ Bridge 15: 7 trestles on piles and 4 pile bents
Bridge 16: 8 pile bents/ Bridge 17: 8 pile bents

Bridge 12: 5 pile bents/ Bridge 13: 10 trestles on piles and 4 pile bents

Bridge 11: 12 pile bents (1) 16’ opening for wagon road

Bridge 10: 5 pile bents

Bridge 7: 15 pile bents

Bridge 5: 12 pile bents/ Bridge 6: 12 pile bents

Bridge 3: 12 pile bents/ Bridge 4: 6 pile bents

Bridge 2: 14 pile bents