North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride

On Sunday 280 people boarded the North Pend Oreille Valley Lion’s Excursion train ride, a 10-mile scenic ride north of Spokane that has been operation for the last 35 years. At the end of October the train will travel for its last time.

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Tue., Oct. 4, 2016

Conductor Brett Shults switches tracks as the engine for The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride prepares to hook up on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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The controls for The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride are seen on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Passengers board The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride prepares to depart on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Youngster Raylan Mathison peaks out of The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride before departing on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Riders prepare to depart The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Riders check out the scenes on The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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A rider checks out the scenery on The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Kirsten Redinger playing a part of Ma Cutter in the "Cutter Gang" plays out a scene "holding up" The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Lions Club members wave to the The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride as it departs the depot on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride runs north on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride crosses the Box Canyon Trestle on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride crosses the Box Canyon Trestle on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride crosses the Box Canyon Trestle on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione, Wash.

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Passengers scan their car while riding The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride crosses the Box Canyon Trestle on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Jakie Meredith checks out the view as The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride crosses the Box Canyon Trestle on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride is seen on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Lions Club member Tori Reeve checks on passengers riding The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride is seen on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Tuyen Nguyen and his son Jacob, 7, check the Seahawks score while riding The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Historic articles are seen on The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Youngster Eleanor Simmons playing a part of a robber in the "Cutter Gang" plays out a scene "holding up" The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Lions Club member Tori Reeve's pin collection is seen on The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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Actress Erin Kinney playing the part of a member of the Cutter Gang flies a flag to hold up The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride's engine switches ends of the train on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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The North Pend Oreille Valley Lions Excursion Train Ride crosses the Box Canyon Trestle on Sunday, Oct 2, 2016, in Ione Wash.

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