The Lake Creek and Coeur d'Alene Railroad built a
rail line
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between
Manito, Washington and
Amwaco, Idaho. It was incorporated on July 26, 1906, in
Oregon
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, and completed the line on June 12, 1910. From opening, the company's line, and a
steamboat it had acquired, were leased to the
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company (OR&N) was a railroad that operated a rail network of running east from Portland, Oregon, United States, to northeastern Oregon, northeastern Washington, and northern Idaho. It operated from 1896 as a ...
(OR&N). The OR&N was already operating a line through Manito to
Spokane
Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Ca ...
(built by the
Washington and Idaho Railroad), and at Amwaco it used the steamboat to cross
Lake Coeur d'Alene
Lake Coeur d'Alene, officially Coeur d'Alene Lake ( ), is a natural dam-controlled lake in North Idaho, located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. At its northern end is the city of Coeur d'Alene. It spans in length and rang ...
to
Harrison
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, which was located on another ex-Washington and Idaho Railroad line to
Wallace
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.
The combined railroad and steamboat line thus formed a shorter route between Spokane and Wallace than the all-rail route via
Tekoa, and helped the OR&N successfully compete with the
electric interurban Coeur d'Alene and Spokane Railway and its steamboat connection.
[
The properties of the OR&N and Lake Creek and Coeur d'Alene Railroad were conveyed to new ]Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...
(UP) subsidiary Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company (OR&N) was a railroad that operated a rail network of running east from Portland, Oregon, United States, to northeastern Oregon, northeastern Washington, and northern Idaho. It operated from 1896 as a ...
on December 23, 1910.[ The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized abandonment of the entire line in 1932.][ Interstate Commerce Commission, Finance Docket No. 9489, October 21, 1932] Later, in 1955, the UP would acquire trackage rights
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Operating
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over the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
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The company experience ...
's line between Manito and Plummer, again creating a shortcut between Spokane and Wallace, and abandon its ex-Washington and Idaho Railroad line between Tekoa and Plummer.[John V. Wood, Railroads through the Coeur d'Alenes, Caxton Printers, 1983, pp. 101, 104, 185]
See also
* List of defunct Idaho railroads
*List of defunct Washington railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington.
Common freight carriers
*Ballard Terminal Railroad (BDTL)
*BNSF Railway (BNSF)
*Cascade and Columbia River Railroad , Cascade & Columbia River Railroad (CSCD) ...
References
Defunct Idaho railroads
Defunct Washington (state) railroads
Predecessors of the Union Pacific Railroad
Railway companies established in 1906
Railway companies disestablished in 1910
American companies established in 1906
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