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.
Showing posts with label Douglas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Douglas. Show all posts
Monday, April 28, 2025
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Douglas Depot gets hammered
February 1920. Colorized photo of a Waterville Railway Passenger Car crashed into the Douglas Depot. Click here for the whole story behind the photo.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
1909 Mansfield Branch Station Survey
1909 Mansfield Branch Station Survey
From the Jim Fredrickson Collection at PNRA.
Thanks to Aaron Schwarz for finding these documents.
Originally posted by the Big Bend Railroad blog.
Monday, December 5, 2022
1909 Report On The Mansfield Branch
1909 Report On The Mansfield Branch
From the Jim Fredrickson Collection at PNRA.
Originally posted on the Big Bend Railroad Blog.
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Grain Warehouses on the Mansfield Branch
From the Jim Fredrickson Collection at PNRA.
Original post by the Big Bend Railroad History Blog. Date of these documents are from approx. 1909.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Douglas Depot in April 1994
Correction on the demise of the Douglas Depot. The depot was scheduled to be burned down as the Dec. 3, 1993 Wenatchee World Article suggested, but apparently that never took place. Here it is the following fall on Sept. 4, 1994 boarded up and stripped of all its identifying signs. Don Seabrook photo. Click here to see the 1993 article about the depot.
Monday, April 25, 2022
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Monday, February 7, 2022
Scratch Built HO Scale Church Diorama
Scratch built HO Scale church diorama. Diorama measures 14" x 21.5".
St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Douglas, Wa.
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