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Company incorporated March 7, 1890 and is listed by the ICC on June 30, 1893 as an operating subsidiary of the Great
Northern with 78 miles (126 km) of track owned and in use. Between June 6, 1891 and October 3, 1891, it laid 78.5 miles (126.3 km) of track from Seattle to F&S Junction
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Company was incorporated March 29, 1898 and purchased the
Fairhaven and Southern the following day, consolidating it with the earlier Seattle and Montana Railway Company that had been incorporated March 7, 1890. On June 30, 1898, the ICC lists the Seattle and Montana with 137 miles (220 km)
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December 4, 1891. As indicated above, the published route continued north past F&S Junction on the tracks of the Fairhaven and Southern, giving Seattle a link north to Canada.
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February 1, 1890. That initial line was completed June 28, 1890, running from Fairhaven to Sedro and, according to an early timetable, completing the trip in 50 minutes. The
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Fairhaven and Southern was listed by the ICC as 51 miles (82 km) in June 1891; in June 1893, it was reduced to 41 miles (66 km). That number remained the same until its sale to the Seattle and Montana.
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1488:. Butte, MT. March 12, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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Lewis, Sol H. (1912). "A History of the Railroads in Washington".
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On February 1, 1902, the Seattle and Montana also purchased the
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1436:. November 28, 1891. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
1411:. February 15, 1891. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
1263:. January 12, 1890. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
1510:. Vol. III: Oregon · Washington. p. 215, 262.
1358:. April 26, 1892. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
1333:. June 26, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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1541:. Vol. III: Oregon · Washington.
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1376:Noel V. Bourasaw (January 28, 2009),
498:. The line reached the coal mines in
20:Former right-of-way near Squires Lake
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1537:Robertson, Donald B. (1995).
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1506:Robertson, Donald B. (1995).
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1261:Seattle Post-Intelligencer
1205:Bourasaw, Noel V. (2008).
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1741:Western Rail Switching
1486:The Butte Weekly Miner
1405:"Spiking and Speaking"
1386:, Seattle: History Ink
1331:The San Francisco Call
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1430:"Joy Along the Line"
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1093:owned and operated.
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