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- Jun 10, 1892The Waterfront Rail WarTensions mount between the Great Northern and Lake Shore railroads over property rights on the Seattle water front.Madison Street, Front Street, Yesler Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Jan 5, 1893Northern Pacific Declares War on Train WreckersAfter rail saboteurs derailed an overland train near Buckley, the railroad management has authorized a massive reward to hunt down the culprits.Buckley, WA
- Aug 2, 1899The City’s Missing Depot: A Railway Power StruggleWhen the Seattle Star reached out to the Canadian Pacific Railway, they found the railroad giant had no interest in building a union station in the city.Seattle, WA
- Aug 2, 1899The Million-Dollar Tug-of-War Over Seattle's WaterfrontWhen two railway titans clashed over the location of a union depot, Seattle's newspapers turned the city's future into a public spectacle of corporate ego and investigative scoops.Seattle, WA
- May 6, 1904The City that the Railroad Built—and AbandonedA scathing editorial on Tacoma's dependence on the Northern Pacific and the desperate need to diversify its transportation links.Tacoma, WA