The Northwest’s own railway. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway and its subsidiaries. Volume One. The Main Line.
by [RAILROAD]. GRANDE, Walter R
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0963412809
- ISBN 13
- 9780963412805
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About This Item
Portland, OR: Grande Press, [1992]. Oblong folio. 336 pp. 100s of photos (many in colour), maps, illusts, colour map endpapers. Gray cloth, gilt lettering, colour map endpapers, w/ d.j. (minor edgewear, couple small ex-lib stamps on endpapers & title, ghosting from removed label on spine), still a G/G copy. First edition of Volume One of this invaluable history of the SP&S Railway, which followed the Columbia River between Vancouver and Pasco, up the Snake river, and through Eastern Washington towards Spokane. The railroad was jointly owned by the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway. This volume tells the story of the main line from Portland to Spokane, with a separate chapter for each segment, Portland-Vancouver; Vancouver-Wishram; Wishram-Pasco; Pasco-Spokane. Of particular interest are the 3 Howard Fogg paintings.
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- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Title
- The Northwest’s own railway. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway and its subsidiaries. Volume One. The Main Line.
- Author
- [RAILROAD]. GRANDE, Walter R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0963412809
- ISBN 13
- 9780963412805
- Publisher
- Grande Press,
- Place of Publication
- Portland, OR:
- Date Published
- [1992].
- Keywords
- Railroads, railroading, Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, Illustrated Books, Transportation, Steam Engines, Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, Local History, Pacific Northwest, Western Americana, American History, Oregon, Washington, Ida
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