Spokane & Inland Empire Interurban at the Palouse Depot,1920
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In this photo,circa 1920,an AC-powered interurban crew unloads passengers. These AC interurbans were used as part of a Westinghouse project and was one of only two lines in the entire nation that utilized this type of power for passenger trains.
Image courtesy of Whitman County Rural Heritage.
http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/whitman/id/1574/rec/8
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The Interurban Railroad
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…