Cascades Railroad

Cascades Railroad

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railroad_name = Cascades Railroad
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locale = Skamania County, Washington
start_year = 1860
end_year = about 1907
gauge = RailGauge|3
old_gauge = RailGauge|5
hq_city = Cascades, WashingtonThe Cascades Railroad ran for about convert|6|mi on the north bank of the Columbia River around the Cascades Rapids. The owner was the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. The railroad operated as a portage around the rapids. [cite book| author=Robertson, Donald B.| title=Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History| volume=III| pages=p 195| publisher=Caxton Printers| location=Caldwell, ID| year=1995| isbn=0-8700-4-4366-8| ] The railroad was RailGauge|60 broad gauge from 1860 to 1880, RailGauge|ussg standard gauge from 1880 to 1883, and RailGauge|3 narrow gauge from 1883 until the close of operations. One of its five small locomotives, No. 7, was sold in 1900 to the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company. [Robertson, at 195, 222]

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