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  • Drive a FREE golden spike to celebrate railroad day

    Dale Swant, Special to the Record-Times|Updated May 1, 2025

    REARDAN – Spokane was a major hub for a number of railroads in the late 1800’s right up to today.\ Companies like the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington Northern, Milwaukee Road, Union Pacific. Spokane International, Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroads served the area and branched out to almost every community to serve farmers, ranchers and passengers who used railroads as their primary form of transportation and shipping. Over the years some railroads failed while others merged and the primary movers in our are...

  • Railroad Museum to open Friday

    Dale Swant|Updated Apr 8, 2019

    The Inland Northwest Rail Museum opens its third season at its Reardan location on Friday, April 5. From opening day on, the museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until the season ends on December 15. Over the winter months, volunteers have rearranged and categorized many of the museum artifacts and memorabilia by railroad so visitors can better learn the history of railroads in the Inland Northwest. Several rail cars in the museum... Full story