The Cascade and Columbia River Railroad is a short line railroad that interchanges with

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, and runs north to

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. The line from Wenatchee to Oroville was built in 1914 by the

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to link the main line at Wenatchee to a line Great Northern had built under the

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(VV&E) charter in

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(Canada), and the Washington and Great Northern Railway (W&GN) charter for Washington (US). This line was originally the

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–Oroville-

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branch of the

Spokane Falls and Northern Railway The Spokane Falls & Northern (SF&N) is a historic railroad that operated in northeast Washington state. The SF&N initially connected the city of Spokane (then called Spokane Falls) with the Canada–United States border at Waneta, British Colum ...

completed in 1907 which was owned by GN at the time of completion. The former

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W-O Branch was purchased by the

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Corporation in September 1996.EMPLOYER STATUS DETERMINATION - Cascade and Columbia River Railroad
(PDF).

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. Retrieved on 2008-08-17.

Genesee & Wyoming Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) is an American short line railroad holding company, that owns or maintains an interest in 122 railroads in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, and the United Kingdom; and formerly in Australia. ...

later acquired the railroad in late 2012. The railroad line follows the

Columbia River The Columbia River (Upper Chinook language, Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin language, Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river headwater ...

Valley north from Wenatchee to the

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Valley and north to Oroville, just north of where the

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joins the

. Commodities hauled on the railroad consist mainly of timber products, as well as limestone. CSCD moved around 5,200 carloads in 2008.

References

External links

Cascade and Columbia River Railroad
at Genesee & Wyoming

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cascade Columbia River Railroad Washington (state) railroads RailAmerica Spin-offs of the BNSF Railway Transportation in Okanogan County, Washington