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• Modern train cars have made hobo lifestyle a thing of the past

    August 21, 2011 in Features on Page D1 Gus Melonas, regional spokesman for BNSF Railway, grew up in the early 1960s in a railroad station house in Wishram, Wash. He and his twin brother walked to the park … 4

• Vintage steam train arrives in Spokane

  October 19, 2009 in City A restored steam locomotive and train of vintage rail cars arrived in Spokane Monday afternoon with for an overnight lay over before continuing on to Portland Tuesday morning. 1

• Students study possible Spokane-Pullman-Moscow train

  May 13, 2009 in City Students from Washington State University-Spokane and Eastern Washington University are studying a possible rail line linking Spokane, Pullman and Moscow, Idaho.

• Memory lane

  August 12, 2007 in Features on Page D1 From 1907 through 1909, the Milwaukee Road blasted a route through the Bitterroots, into the Inland Northwest and onward to Puget Sound. Today, you can explore the most spectacular section …

• Train Crash Kills Car Occupant

  November 26, 1996 in City on Page B3 One person was killed Monday when an Amtrak train struck a car near this Pierce County city, the Washington State Patrol said. The train was en route from Seattle to …

• Woman Injured When Car Hit By Freight Train

  August 18, 1996 in Idaho on Page B3 A 26-year-old Rathdrum mother was injured Saturday after her car was hit by a freight train. Lynnel Phelps was driving her Subaru station wagon Saturday morning when she tried to …

• Strangers Sneak Cat From Evacuated Town

  March 17, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 Susan Weiss sat in a church and wept with worry: Her cat, Kynda, was home alone after the derailment of propane tankers forced an evacuation of Weiss’ community. On the …

• Old Military Bombs Fall From Car In Derailment

  February 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Aging military bombs spilled from a rail car in a pre-dawn derailment Wednesday, but authorities said there was little danger of explosion because the fuses were shipped separately. “The only …