Columbia River Subdivision

Legend
1481.6
 Latah Jct.
Jct.
Spokane Subdivision
1489.8
 Lyons
1495.2
Fairchild Storage Track
Washington Eastern Railroad
1499.3
 Espanola
1505.1
Waukon
1510.8
 Edwall
1514.5
Canby
1520.1
Bluestem Elevator
1520.2
 Bluestem
1520.6
1527.8
 Harrington
1534.5
Mohler
1538.2
Downs
1541.6
1542.9
 Lamona
1553.2
 Odessa
1562.1
Irby
1565.6
 Gibson
1570.4
Marlin
1577.0
 Wilson Creek
1584.8
Stratford
1588.6
 Adrian
1697.1
Air Base (spur)
1599.3
 Ephrata
Ephrata Station
Amtrak Empire Builder[1]
1603.8
 Naylor
1608.9
Winchester
1615.5
 Quincy
1621.5
Tunnel 11.1
1626.6
 Trinidad
1635.0
 Albus
1637.6
Voltage
1640.1
 Rock Island
Columbia River
1641.3
Alcoa Spur
1643.3
 Malaga
1646.7
 Appleyard
1650.2
 Wenatchee
Columbia Station
Amtrak Empire Builder[1]
Jct.
to Scenic Subdivision

The Columbia River Subdivision or Columbia River Sub is a railway line running about 167 miles (269 km) from Wenatchee to Spokane, Washington.[3] It is operated by BNSF Railway[4] as part of their Northern Transcon. The original line (built in 1893) was built as part of James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway transcontinental railway line.

  1. ^ a b "Empire Builder Timetable" (PDF). Amtrak. March 16, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Northwest Division Timetable No. 4" (PDF). Friends of the Burlington Northern Railroad. BNSF Railway. June 17, 2009. pp. 13–15. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "BNSF Columbia River Subdivision". www.greatnortherntech.com. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  4. ^ Franz, Justin (2022-11-15). "Trip Planning (and the Danger of Overplanning)". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-06-08.