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Clamshell Railroad Ilwaco Railroad Line 1888-1930 by homas Jessett Soft Cover
Clamshell Railroad Americas Westermost Line 1888-1930 Thomas E. Jessett
Clamshell Railroad
Americas Westermost Line 1888-1930
Thomas E. Jessett
Soft cover
34 Pages
Copyright 1967 2nd and Enlarged Edition
Contents
The IIwaco Railroad
Building the Railroad 1888-1889
Years of Prosperity 1889-1890
Union Pacific Control 1901-31
Locomotive Roster
Equipment Roster
Timetable
Railroad-conscious visitors to the isolated little fishing village of Ilwaco, Washington, where the mighty Columbia River rolls into the Pacific Ocean, are amazed to see the steel rails of a narrow-gauge railroad set in the cement of the main business street. Inquiry reveals that for over forty years the sparsely settled peninsula stretching northwards for twenty-eight miles between Willapa Bay and the Pacific was served by this now almost forgotten pike. Moreover, it was a railroad that offered regularly scheduled passenger and freight service on a year-round basis, with special fares to points as far away at New York City. The population of the area served by the Ilwaco Railroad at its greatest extent is now just under 2,500. Lacking any large natural resources, the way in which the region came to possess a railroadeven one with a track measuring only thirty-six inches between the railsexcites some curiosity.
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