Peter J. Lewty, a retired mining engineer who was trained in England as a railway mechanical engineer during the last years of steam locomotives, resides in Powassan, Ontario. He is the author of the 1987 WSU Press book, To the Columbia Gateway: The Oregon Railway and the Northern Pacific, 1879-1884.

• PrefacePrologue1 Lease and Joint Lease2 To Moscow, Pomeroy, and Weston3 Rivals in the Palouse4 The Cascade Branch5 The Stampede Tunnel6 The Columbia River Bridge7 The Hunt System8 Lexington, Heppner, and the Coal Mines9 Coeur d'Alene10 Oregon Railway Extensions11 In the Big Bend12 The Great Northern Railway13 Down to Juliaetta14 To Keep the Wheels Turning15 The Road to RuinAppendix A: Railways in the Columbia Interior, 1879-1893: Distances and ElevationsAppendix B: Glossary of Railroad TermsNotesBibliographyIndex

Peter J. Lewty, a retired mining engineer who was trained in England as a railway mechanical engineer during the last years of steam locomotives, resides in Powassan, Ontario. He is the author of the 1987 WSU Press book, To the Columbia Gateway: The Oregon Railway and the Northern Pacific, 1879-1884.

• PrefacePrologue1 Lease and Joint Lease2 To Moscow, Pomeroy, and Weston3 Rivals in the Palouse4 The Cascade Branch5 The Stampede Tunnel6 The Columbia River Bridge7 The Hunt System8 Lexington, Heppner, and the Coal Mines9 Coeur d'Alene10 Oregon Railway Extensions11 In the Big Bend12 The Great Northern Railway13 Down to Juliaetta14 To Keep the Wheels Turning15 The Road to RuinAppendix A: Railways in the Columbia Interior, 1879-1893: Distances and ElevationsAppendix B: Glossary of Railroad TermsNotesBibliographyIndex

Peter J. Lewty, a retired mining engineer who was trained in England as a railway mechanical engineer during the last years of steam locomotives, resides in Powassan, Ontario. He is the author of the 1987 WSU Press book, To the Columbia Gateway: The Oregon Railway and the Northern Pacific, 1879-1884.

• PrefacePrologue1 Lease and Joint Lease2 To Moscow, Pomeroy, and Weston3 Rivals in the Palouse4 The Cascade Branch5 The Stampede Tunnel6 The Columbia River Bridge7 The Hunt System8 Lexington, Heppner, and the Coal Mines9 Coeur d'Alene10 Oregon Railway Extensions11 In the Big Bend12 The Great Northern Railway13 Down to Juliaetta14 To Keep the Wheels Turning15 The Road to RuinAppendix A: Railways in the Columbia Interior, 1879-1893: Distances and ElevationsAppendix B: Glossary of Railroad TermsNotesBibliographyIndex