Category: Transportation: Railroads

Copyright/published Year: 2018 by America Through Time

ISBN: 1634990609

Binding: trade pap

Description: The Palouse region of Eastern Washington and North Idaho produces ì the highest yields of any wheat-growing district in North ì America, followed closely by farmlands in the adjoining Walla ì Walla and Camas Prairie regions. Early farmers clamored for ì railroads to carry their harvests to world markets, and soon a ì veritable spider's web of competing rail routes left few corners ì of the Inland Northwest untouched. Some lines also reached into ì nearby forests to haul timber to local sawmills and ship out ì finished lumber.

As the principal transporter of people and goods prior to ì World War II, railroads served an integral role in the ì communities they served. Despite traffic losses to competing ì trucks and river barges, railroads still haul considerable grain ì and wood products tonnage on these lines today.

Palouse Rails tells the stories of seven major ì railroads serving these regions, from their origins to the ì present day, through the eyes of contemporary railroad ì photographers. These images capture the railroad equipment, ì locations, personnel, and operations that, for generations, have ì connected Inland Northwest's agricultural regions with each other ì and with the world.

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