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2 stories matching relaid

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  1. A Landslide Tipped a Locomotive Into Lake Washington and the Water Boiled

    A freight train running the Lake Shore road hit a slide in the dark, the crew jumped for their lives, and the engine rolled over on its side in the lake, its wheels still churning as the steam died.

    Jan 12, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerLake Washington, Seattle, King CountyDisasters

  2. New Steel, New Docks, and a Railroad That Won't Say Which Side of the River

    Crews are relaying 102 miles of Great Northern track through Newport and building a freight dock that lets a train meet a steamboat — while the town waits to learn whether the Idaho & Washington Northern will run up the Washington or the Idaho bank. One west-side rancher is so sure he has ordered ten cars of wood.

    Jul 16, 1908The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentNewport, Pend Oreille CountyWork & Pay · Boom & Bust

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