NG mountain railroading in Idaho
| November 10, 2014 07:51PM |
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In 1886, D.C. Corbin, Sam T. Hauser, Anton Esler, S.S. Glidden, James
Wardner, and James Monaghan formed the Coeur d’Alene Railway & Navigation
Company. In November, 1886, forty pound steel rails were laid with narrow, three foot, gauge from the Mission Landing to Wardner Junction. Having been in a hurry to get done, the rail bed had not been ballasted. One engine was sunk in the mud between Pine Flat and Mud Prairie, another between Kingston and the Mission. By March of 1887, CR&N had the trains up and running from the Mission to Wardner Junction.
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Bruce
[friendsofcdatrails.org]
In 1886, D.C. Corbin, Sam T. Hauser, Anton Esler, S.S. Glidden, James
Wardner, and James Monaghan formed the Coeur d’Alene Railway & Navigation
Company. In November, 1886, forty pound steel rails were laid with narrow, three foot, gauge from the Mission Landing to Wardner Junction. Having been in a hurry to get done, the rail bed had not been ballasted. One engine was sunk in the mud between Pine Flat and Mud Prairie, another between Kingston and the Mission. By March of 1887, CR&N had the trains up and running from the Mission to Wardner Junction.
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Bruce
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