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2. Olympian Hiawatha - Wikipedia

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   In 1909 the Milwaukee Road opened the "Puget Sound extension" from South Dakota to Seattle and Tacoma, completing the last line from Chicago to the coast. The Milwaukee Road ordered cars for two new all-steel luxury trains to run Chicago–Milwaukee–St. Paul–Seattle–Tacoma. The two new trains debuted on May 28, 1911.

3. Puget Sound Shore Railroad - Wikipedia

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   Tacoma, about 40 miles (64 km) south of Seattle, became the winner in July 1873, when the NP, then building north from Portland, selected it. Seattle businessmen immediately incorporated the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company to build their own line east, but were only able to build 20 miles (32 km) of narrow gauge line ...

4. Washington State History Museum - Wikipedia

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   The top floor is also home to the state's largest permanent model train layout, which covers 1,700 sq ft (160 m 2) and recreates scenes from Tacoma's Union Station (which is located next to the museum) and other regional railroads. The museum hosts an annual Model Train Festival in December. [5]

5. Puget Sound Electric Railway - Wikipedia

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   Puget Sound Electric Railway, the Interurban Line near Tacoma Hoops were used to deliver orders to passing trains [2]. The PSE began operations on September 25, 1902 [3] with a line that started in downtown Tacoma, ran along Pacific and Puyallup Avenues, followed the course of present-day Pacific Highway through Fife and to Milton, turned southeast towards Puyallup and paralleled the path of ...

6. List of Washington (state) railroads - Wikipedia

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   Tacoma, Olympia and Chehalis Valley Railroad: NP: 1889 1890 Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad: Tacoma, Olympia and Grays Harbor Railroad: NP: 1890 1892 United Railroads of Washington: Tacoma, Orting and Southeastern Railroad: NP: 1888 1898 Northern Pacific Railway: Thurston Railroad Construction Company: NP: 1877 1881 Olympia and ...

7. Seattle and North Coast Railroad - Wikipedia

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   Logo of the Seattle and North Coast Railroad SNC boxcar with CRANDIC markings at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Seattle and North Coast Railroad (SNCT) was a short-line railroad that operated on the northern part of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State from Port Angeles to Port Townsend. The line was unique in that it was a "rail island" with no ...

8. Aberdeen station (Milwaukee Road) - Wikipedia

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   In its heyday the station served the Milwaukee Road's Olympian Hiawatha, which ran from Chicago to Seattle and Tacoma. [1] Passenger trains last served the station for Minneapolis on April 17, 1969. [2] [3] The depot is the largest brick passenger depot still standing in South Dakota.

9. Model trains a railroader's paradise - still - AOL

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   Aug. 17—Richard Fifield's Epsom basement is a bustling depot. "Jug City Railway," the miniature railroad he began building in 1981, now boasts a Walmart loading dock, an oil refinery, a wood ...