Good Afternoon, To conclude the series presented in my posted lists of Milwaukee Road, Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Union Pacific depots, the following is a list of the surviving passenger and combination depots used by Shortlines or Interurbans or built as replicas in Washington State. My main resources have been the information that rrshs.org maintains, information provided by various members of the railfan community online, Washington State Railroad Depots by Clive and Ann Carter, and various County Assessor websites. Depots I've confirmed in person are marked with a *. All others have been positively identified using Google Earth, I can provide the .kml file if you PM me. This list is only complete to the best of my knowledge. I appreciate any information that can be used to correct my information or add additional depots I have omitted. Shortlines: Newaukum Valley Railroad Onalaska* - 1st Depot, built c.1909 - On site on Carlisle Ave, Onalaska Electric Co. Pacific Coast Railroad Black Diamond* - 1st Depot, built 1885 - On site on Railroad Ave, Black Diamond Museum Renton* - 2nd Depot, built 1953 - On site, SW corner of 4th & Burnett, Renton Chamber of Commerce Waterville Railway Waterville* - 1st Depot, built 1910 - Moved (?), SW corner of Locust & Rainier, Residence Interurbans/Streetcar Systems: Pacific Northwest Traction Everett - 2nd Depot, built 1910 (for Seattle-Everett Traction) - On site, NW corner of Pacific & Colby, Offices/Residential Seattle - 1st Depot, built 1903, lobby used as depot from 1908-19 - On site, 1516 5th Ave, Banana Republic Men's Seattle - 3rd Depot, built 1927 - On site, SE corner of 8th & Stewart, Greyhound Bus Station - To be demolished Sedro-Woolley - 1st Depot, built c.1912 - Moved, NE corner of Hwy 9 & Cook Rd, Business Puget Sound Electric Railway Seattle - 1st Depot, built 1892, used as depot and offices from 1902-28 - On site, SE corner of Yesler & Occidental, Retail/Residential Tacoma* - 1st Depot, built 1902 - On site, NE corner of 8th & A Ct, Offices Tacoma Railway & Power Company Point Defiance - 1st Depot, built 1914 - On site on Trolley Lane, Park Use Proctor Street - 1st Depot, built c.1895 as Depot/Substation - On site, SW corner of 12th & Proctor, Retail/Residential Walla Walla Valley Traction Walla Walla - 1st Depot, built 1909 - On site, NE corner of 6th & Main, Offices Washington Water Power Cheney - Built 1907 - On site, SE corner of 2nd & College, El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant Medical Lake - 1st Depot, Built c.1900 - On site (?), NE corner of Brooks & Martin, Residence Kittitas Railway (Never Completed) Salmon la Sac - 1st Depot, Built 1912 - On site, next to Ranger Station, Used as Ranger Station from c.1913-62, Vacant Replica/Tribute Depots: Elbe* - Milwaukee Road replica - Depot for Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad Hyak* - Loose replica - Restrooms on Iron Horse trail Kettle Falls - Great Northern replica - SW corner of 3rd & Juniper, Visitor's Center Machias - Loose replica - Restrooms on Centennial Trail at Division St. North Bend - Hybrid of area depot designs - McClellan & Ballarat, Visitor's Center Olympia-Lacey - Generic depot replica - Olympia-Lacey Centennial Station, Amtrak Puyallup* - Modern interpretation of demolished NP depot - On tracks west of Meridian, Sound Transit station Snohomish* - Loose Northern Pacific replica - SW corner of 1st & Ave D, Visitor's Center Snohomish North - New England-style replica - Along Maple Ave just north of 10th, Residence (?) Any and all comments and feedback are welcome. Kind Regards, Kyle
Well, just a quick note. The "visitor center" at Hyak might seem a bit railroad, and I am uncertain if there was any actual intent, but it bears absolutely no resemblance to the MILW depot. Which was a Standard Class D of 1913. Argh. Now I cannot think of which variant, as there were three styles. It's been too long. Salmon la Sac has a depot? Wow. It's been years since I was there, but was a few times during my younger days. Snohomish does look a lot like the original depot. Just for fun, hanging in my basement:
I wholeheartedly agree that there is no resemblance to Hyak's actual depot, but I can definitely see the intent for a generic depot appearance. While the wide sides do throw the design off, they did get a lot of the little "depot" touches right, such as the sign boards, the twin windows on the ends, the eave braces, the gingerbread and the centerline chimney, even if it is a little exaggerated. To me it would look a lot better without the "breezeways" bloating out the sides. The Snohomish replica does a good job of emulating the general shape and color scheme, but I feel it would have gone a long ways to include a couple more details such as the operator's bay on one of the sides. The Northern Pacific crest is a nice touch, but the overall building is just a little plain and symmetrical for what I'd like to see.
What about the house in Winlock, right alongside the old NP/UP/MLW main, made to look like the demolished NP station? I need to get down there to get some shots but I've seen it a few times when I'm going through there on a train...
Good catch, I was unaware of it as well, but using Google Earth street view I found it, located on E Front Street between Rice and Gruber streets.. It's a pretty good approximation along the lines of the NP depots at Sprague and Dayton, but modified into a useful house design. Nothing like the vanished Winlock depots, however. Both were 1 and 1/2 story structures with perpendicular Gable roof sections. Here's a photo of the 2nd depot shortly after its construction: http://www.wsrhs.org/pict/win2.jpg I've only been through Winlock on the main road, so I never would have guessed this was there. Thanks for the head's up.
Same here. Any time I have ever been in the vicinity, it is just during the process of going by, en route somewhere else.
Someone did a decent job of making it feel like there was some NP heritage. Quite elaborate if a house. Now I am wondering who owns it.
I've been told that the owner normally will talk your ear off on NP history, but he looked pretty busy with yard work so I didn't bug the man. I've also heard that he's in the leadership of the NP historical society and that any railfan knocking on the door will walk away eventually with a NP society application in hand...
I just got around to photographing a fairly recent addition this past weekend. It's the replica Great Northern depot built by the City of Burlington to serve as a visitor's center.
I agree about the colors, those and the large chimney are about the only things out of place. Variations of the 1-1/2 story design were used several times in Washington, not only at Monroe, but also Mt. Vernon, Chelan, Odessa and Kettle Falls. A shame none of the originals survived, though.
I remember Mount Vernon, too. I used have quite a pile of train orders from Monroe. By chance do you have a street address for the Burlington replica? I need to get it entered into my note book for future stops, if I can get back out that way again.
