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.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
From the Douglas County Empire Press: October 12, 2000
I have a Witter rppc of the "activity at the depot" photo from the newspaper. He dates it as Sept 19, 1910, the activity is " the Pullman A.C. Demonstration Train" (A.C. is Agricultural College (now WSU). It occurs to me that the train may have gone to many rr towns in eastern Washington, but I haven't searched. I can send you a scan if you wish. Regards
I just did a google search for "pullman agricultural college demonstration train" and some items popped up. They ran demonstration trains starting in 1898, if I am reading it right.
2 comments:
Great article!
Dan
I have a Witter rppc of the "activity at the depot" photo from the newspaper. He dates it as Sept 19, 1910, the activity is " the Pullman A.C. Demonstration Train" (A.C. is Agricultural College (now WSU). It occurs to me that the train may have gone to many rr towns in eastern Washington, but I haven't searched. I can send you a scan if you wish. Regards
I just did a google search for "pullman agricultural college demonstration train" and some items popped up. They ran demonstration trains starting in 1898, if I am reading it right.
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