Train in the far distance starting to pass the Buse Ranch one mile south of Douglas. At the bottom right of the photo you can see part of bridge #39.5 at milepost 34.9 The road in the photo is the S. Douglas Rd. which the tracks paralleled for four miles along this section. David Loebsack photo March 1984.
Built by the Great Northern Railway in 1909, the 61 mile line branched off the mainline at the Columbia River and snaked its way up across Douglas County, WA to its terminus in Mansfield. In 1985 it was abandoned, thus closing the book on railroading on the Waterville Plateau. This blog is dedicated to preserving the history of the Mansfield Branch Line and Waterville Railway Co., as well as showcasing my scratch built HO scale models.
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