Colfax Railroad Depot,1910

ID: 2944
This file appears in: The Interurban Railroad
Colfax Railroad Depot,1910

The Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad built this depot in Palouse,WA in 1908. This station was used for both passenger traffic and freight. The Great Northern Railraoad later took over the property.

Image courtesy of Whitman Country Rural Heritage.
http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/whitman/id/1575/rec/9

This file appears in: The Interurban Railroad

By Robert M. Lambeth
All but forgotten today, the Palouse once had its own mass transit--the S&IE Interurban Railway, affectionately known as "the Bug." As the population of the western states dramatically increased in the early 20th century, railroad…