Description Rails of the Northwest Through Time is a tour of Montana, North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington.
But the dramatic Northwest topography still rivals the grandeur of the Alps or the Asian steppe..
The modest towns of a hundred years ago have become metropolises.
A few surviving locomotives are in museums or city parks.
Out west today, most of the depots are gone.
Through coach window, riders from New York or Ohio saw scenery of a kind they had never seen before.
The train itself with its powerful locomotive and long line of cars was the magic connection with far-off exotic places.
Its size and design proclaimed the importance of the railroad to the community.
A century ago in the Northwest, the railroad depot was the focus of town life.
Railroads featured are the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern, and the Spokane Portland & Seattle, with glimpses of the Union Pacific, the Oregon Trunk, and the Camas Prairie.
Each pair of photos illustrate a dramatic contrast between past and present.
One hundred eighty-four photographs demonstrate the landscape, the structures, and the iron road that signified the "opening" of the Northwest United States.
Description Rails of the Northwest Through Time is a tour of Montana, North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington
