Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company

Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company
Overview
HeadquartersIlwaco, Washington
LocalePacific County, Washington
Dates of operation1889–1930
Technical
Track gauge3 ft (914 mm)
Route
Ilwaco
Wallicut
Black Lake
Ellis
Holman Station
Chinook
Seaview
Ft. Columbia
Long Beach
McGowan
Tigoa
Megler
Breakers Station
Cranberry Station
Oceanside
Loomis Station
Klipsan Beach
Ocean Park
Nahcotta

The Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company operated a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad that ran for over forty years from the bar of the Columbia River up the Long Beach Peninsula to Nahcotta, Washington, on Willapa Bay. The line ran entirely in Pacific County, Washington, and had no connection to any outside rail line. The railroad had a number of nicknames, including the "Clamshell Railroad" and the "Irregular, Rambling and Never-Get-There Railroad."[1]

  1. ^ Hobbs, Nancy L., and Lucero, Donella J., The Long Beach Peninsula, at 15, 28-29, Arcadia Publishing 2005 ISBN 0-7385-2995-8