Washington/Railroads

Like highways, railroad tracks have been imported from TIGER data and they share the same problems like unconnected segments, wrong tagging, missing bridges and railroad crossings and positions that are frequently off quite a lot. So a review is necessary as it is for highways. Additionally user added line are also within this page and can and need to be reviewed. This page is currently a work in progress, now in early alpha as its basic structure has largely emerged as stable.

Due to recent wiki and associated software upgrades, the map details are not-quite-correct. To fix, please select "Transport Map" from the upper-right "layers stack" icon to see Washington railroads. As this is a "live" slippy map, it can be panned and zoomed; zoom in to see rail infrastructure networks, tracks and stations.

Active Lines (Mainline, Branch, Industrial and Short)

Lines, expressed as route=railway relations, that see active, regular rail traffic, whether freight, industrial or passenger.

One resource is this, another is this.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)

BNSF, a Class I railroad, operates its Northwest Division in Washington State with headquarters in Seattle and additional segments in Oregon, Idaho, Northern California and British Columbia, Canada. Most of BNSF was formerly old_railway_operator=Burlington Northern Railroad (BN). From within the state, Burlington Northern formed from Northern Pacific (NP), Great Northern (GN) and Spokane Portland & Seattle (SPS). Here is a track listing resource [1]

Mainline

Note that there are both BNSF Seattle and BNSF Spokane Subdivisions in Mainline and different UP Seattle and UP Spokane Subdivisions in UP section, below.

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Bellingham Subdivision	Great Northern (GN)	7440712 7440712	USA-Canada Border - Mount Vernon - Everett	Partially complete	Supports Amtrak Cascades passenger=international route=trains.
BNSF Seattle Subdivision	Northern Pacific (NP)	4734793 4734793	Seattle - ARGO - Tukwila - Auburn - Tacoma - Centralia - Vancouver	Somewhat TIGER Reviewed	Supports Amtrak Cascades passenger=international route=trains and Amtrak Coast Starlight passenger=national route=trains. Union Pacific has trackage rights from ARGO to Tukwila and Tacoma to Portland. Tacoma Rail has trackage rights around Tacoma. Union Pacific dispatches the section between Argo and Tukwila. Also supports parts of Sounder Transit route=trains on the northern section.
BNSF Spokane Subdivision	Northern Pacific (NP) Great Northern (GN) Spokane Portland & Seattle (SPS)	1443647 1443647	Spokane - Lakeside Jct.	Mostly TIGER Reviewed	Supports Amtrak Empire Builder passenger=national route=trains. Union Pacific has trackage rights.
Columbia River Subdivision	Great Northern (GN)	7525109 7525109	Wenatchee - Spokane	Needs TIGER review	Supports Amtrak Empire Builder passenger=national route=trains.
Fallbridge Subdivision	Spokane, Portland and Seattle (SPS)	1443651 1443651	Pasco - Wishram - Portland, Oregon	Needs TIGER review	Supports Amtrak Cascades passenger=international route=trains, Amtrak Empire Builder passenger=national route=trains and Amtrak Coast Starlight passenger=national route=trains.
Lakeside Subdivision	Northern Pacific (NP)	1443649 1443649	Spokane - Ritzville - Pasco	Needs TIGER review	Supports Amtrak Empire Builder passenger=national route=trains.
Oregon Trunk Subdivision	Spokane, Portland and Seattle (SPS)	7362830 7362830	Wishram - Bend, Oregon - Chemult, Oregon	Needs TIGER review
Scenic Subdivision	Great Northern (GN)	7371315 7371315	Wenatchee - Everett - Seattle	Needs TIGER review	Supports Amtrak Empire Builder passenger=national route=trains.

Branch

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Cherry Point Subdivision	Unknown	7440499 7440499	Cherry Point	Partially complete	Supports oil refineries in the area.
Kettle Falls Subdivision	Great Northern (GN)	Relation not defined yet	Spokane - Deer Park - Valley	Partially complete	The Chewelah Turn operates on this line.
Sumas Subdivision	Northern Pacific (NP)	Relation not defined yet	Burlington - Sedro Woolley - Sumas	Partially complete	The Sumas Turn comes from Everett for this branch. Connects with railroads in Canada at Sumas.
Anacortes Spur	Northern Pacific (NP)	7375345 7375345	Anacortes - Burlington	Partially complete
Lynden Spur	Milwaukee Road (MILW)	7375403 7375403	Sumas - Lynden	Partially complete

Industrial

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Stanwood—Twin City Food Spur	Great Northern (GN)	7440493 7440493	Stanwood	Partially complete	Currently has B&B equipment on it.

Union Pacific (UP)

Union Pacific, a Class I railroad, is the largest railroad in North America, covering 23 states across the western two-thirds of the continental United States. UP's extensive rail network connects Washington State with the rest of the nation, particularly corridors in the Northwest to the Southwest and Midwest. In Washington State, UP has 532 miles of track, employs 311 and both originated and terminated over 268,000 rail cars (2016 data). Major commodities shipped and received are intermodal-wholesale, recyclables/municipal waste, grain (especially wheat and flour), lumber and building materials, assembled autos, refrigerated products (especially fruit), paper, petroleum products, chemicals and consumer products.

Mainline

Note that there are both UP Seattle and UP Spokane Subdivisions in Mainline and different BNSF Seattle and BNSF Spokane Subdivisions in BNSF section, above.

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Ayer Subdivision	SP	1443674 1443674	Hermiston, Oregon at Hinkle Yard - SE of Tri-Cities (Pasco/Richland/Kennewick) - Cheney/Lakeside Jct. (SW of Spokane)	Needs work	NE of Cheney (SW of Spokane) at Lakeside Jct, not sure if UP or BNSF.
UP Seattle Subdivision	MILW	7375421 7375421	Tukwila (at BNSF Seattle Subdivision) - Tacoma	Needs work	Parallels BNSF Seattle Subdivision for much of its length
UP Spokane Subdivision		9079385 9079385	Spokane - Idaho Line - Bonners Ferry, Idaho - Canadian Border

Branch

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Weston Branch	SP?	7367163 7367163	Walla Walla - Weston, Oregon	Needs work	Some segments are named Blue Mountain Railroad

Short Lines (Branch, Industrial or Freight)

Ballard Terminal Railroad Co (BDTL, ESFR, MSN)

Ballard Terminal Railroad Company LLC has three operations in the Seattle area.

Ballard Terminal Railroad (BDTL)

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Ballard Terminal	Great Northern (GN) Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern (SLS&E) Northern Pacific (NP	6229050 6229050	Shilshole (BNSF Interchange) - Ballard	Work in progress	Could be considered an industrial operation; tag ways usage=industrial.

Eastside Freight Railroad (ESFR)

Operates Eastside Community Rail (ECYR) a railroad that formed out of the ashes of GNP Railway (GNP) who was forced into bankruptcy by the owner of ECYR and other creditors. So, tag the segments owner=Eastside Community Rail and operator=Eastside Freight Railroad.

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Woodinville Branch	Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern (SLS&E) Northern Pacific (NP)	7375003 7375003	Snohomish (BNSF Interchange) - Maltby - Woodinville	Work in progress

Meeker Southern Railroad (MSN)

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Meeker Southern	Northern Pacific (NP) Burlington Northern (BN) BNSF Railway (BNSF)	7375004 7375004	Meeker (BNSF Interchange) - McMillan	Work in progress	Use to be the NP Main line.

End of Ballard Terminal Railroad Co section.

Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)

Washington State Department of Transpiration is not a rail operator per se but is the largest mileage shortline owner in the state of Washington, owning the Central Washington branches of the Palouse Branch, Hooper Line and CW Branch. WSDOT has periodic requests for proposals (RFP)s to select operators for their lines.

Washington and Eastern Railroad (WER) CW Branch

CW Branch is owned by Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) after the purchase of the CW branch of the Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC), which had slated to abandoned the branch. Owner is WSDOT and their current operator is the WER formally the EWG. Owner/operator tags on EWG and PCC lines are ambiguous to this wiki editor!

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
CW Branch	Eastern Washington Gateway (EWG), Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC), Northern Pacific (NP)	7375010 7375010	Cheney (BNSF Interchange) - Davenport - Coulee City	Work in progress	Owner is WSDOT and the Operator is controlled by the Owner

Spokane, Spangle & Palouse Railway (SSPR) Palouse Branch

CW Branch is owned by Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) after the purchase of the CW branch of the Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC), which had slated to abandoned the branch. Owner is WSDOT and their current operator is the WER formally the EWG. Owner/operator tags on EWG and PCC lines are ambiguous to this wiki editor!

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
CW Branch	Eastern Washington Gateway (EWG), Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC), Northern Pacific (NP)	7375010 7375010	Cheney (BNSF Interchange) - Davenport - Coulee City	Work in progress	Owner is WSDOT and the Operator is controlled by the Owner

Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad (PCC) Hooper Line

See Below for details. Hooper Line is owend by WSDOT.

End WSDOT section

Columbia and Cowlitz Railroad (CLC)

Owned by Patriot Rail Corporation, which was acquired by SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners in 2012. Operates freight service on an 8.5-mile route from the Weyerhaeuser Company mill in Longview to the junction just outside Kelso city limits. From there, traffic is either switched to the Patriot Woods Railroad, formally known as the Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad, where it is transported to Weyerhaeuser's Green Mountain Sawmill at Toutle or it is switched to the BNSF/UP joint main line for movement to either Seattle or Portland, Oregon. See LVSW; ambiguities remain.

Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRR)

CBRR connects Ephrata, Air Base, Moses Lake, Wheeler, Schrag, Warden, Othello and Connell. Established in 1986 as part of the Washington Central Railroad Company, who bought 230 miles (370 km) of railway in Central Washington from Burlington Northern, the CBRR is the busiest shortline railroad in Washington in 2014, with over 10,000 carloads annually of agricultural and industrial shipments.

Central Washington Railroad (CWRR)

CWRR operates 80 miles (130 km) on two routes in the Yakima River Valley.

End of Columbia Basin Railroad section.

Mount Vernon Terminal Railway (MVT)

Has less than a mile of track.

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Mount Vernon Terminal	Pacific Northwest Traction Company, Burlington Northern (BN)	Relation not defined yet	Mount Vernon	Work in progress	Could be considered an industrial operation; tag ways usage=industrial.

Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR)

Operates Chelatchie Prairie Railroad, a county-owned 33 mile-long railroad in Clark County. In 2001 Chelatchie Prairie Railroad (BYCX) leases from Battle Ground to Chelatchie and begins excursions. Starting in 2004, the line is leased to Columbia Basin Railroad to take over operations, who do so as PVJR.

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad	Northern Pacific	Relation not defined yet	Rye Jct. (Vancouver) - Brush Prairie - Battle Ground - Yacolt - Amboy	Rye Jct to Rye Yard reviewed

End of Columbia Basin Railroad section.

Frontier Rail (FTRX)

Kennewick Terminal Railroad (KET)

Kennewick.

Washington Royal Line (WRL)

Royal City. May also use reporting mark of FTRX.

Yakima Central Railway (YCR)

BNSF interchange at Toppenish.

End of Frontier Rail section.

Genesee & Wyoming (CSCD, OYLO, PNWR, PSAP)

Cascade and Columbia River Railroad (CSCD)

Line runs north out of Wenatchee

Olympia and Belmore Railroad (OYLO)

Headquartered in Centralia, the railroad operates a 13.06-mile line leased from BNSF between Olympia and Belmore, primarily carrying traffic from Olympia's port facilities. Recently acquired Olympia Washington Branch.

Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR)

Trackage rights on BNSF Fallbridge Sub to Vancouver, Washington

Puget Sound & Pacific (PSAP)

Puget Sound & Pacific

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Centralia Subdivision	Unknown	Relation not defined yet	Centralia - Elma
Bangor Subdivision		Relation not defined yet	Elma - Belfast - Bangor		Partially owned by the US Navy run under contract by PSAP
Harbor Subdivision	Northern Pacific (NP)	Relation not defined yet	Elma - Aberdeen - Hoquiam

End of Genesee & Wyoming section.

Kettle Falls International Railway (KFR)

Owned by OmniTRAX and operating in Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia, KFR operates approximately 170 miles (270 km) of track that was formerly owned by BNSF.

Longview Switching Company (LVSW)

CLC (acquired by Patriot Rail from Weyerhaeuser in December 2011) operates freight service over 8.5 miles from Columbia Junction to Ostrander Junction, connecting with UP and BNSF at Rocky Point. For operating convenience, the current physical interchange with both UP and BNSF is handled through the Longview Switching Company (LVSW), jointly owned by UP and BNSF headquartered in Longview, Washington. Traffic includes lumber and forest products, steel, paper and chemicals. Certain owner/operator relationships between CLC and LVSW seem ambiguous, clarification is appreciated.

Montana Rail Link (MRL)

A privately held Class II railroad, MRL operates on trackage originally built by NP and is a unit of the Washington Companies headquartered in Missoula, Montana. MRL connects with (and interchanges with) BNSF on both ends (Spokane and Montana)

Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA)

Based out of Usk, POVA operates between Metaline Falls, Newport and Dover, Idaho, a distance of 87.6 miles (141.0 km). Junctions with BNSF and UP in Dover.

Saint Maries River Railroad (STMA)

A shortline Class III railroad that operates 71 miles of freight service in northern Idaho and eastern Washington (several miles between Manito and Saxby at the Idaho border).

Tacoma Rail (TMBL, TRMW)

A publicly owned Class III railroad owned by the city of Tacoma and operated as a public utility as part of the municipally-owned Tacoma Public Utilities service. Tacoma Rail provides freight switching rail services as one of the largest short line railroad systems in the United States, operating 16 diesel locomotives and over 150 miles of track, many of which are former Milwaukee Road and BNSF lines around Western Washington.

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Tideland Division		Relation not defined yet
Lakewood Subivision		Relation not defined yet
Mountain Division	MILW	Relation not defined yet

Tri-City Railroad Company (TCRY)

Established in 1999, TCRY is a Class III common carrier railroad, acting as the UP agent and handling carrier in Richland, originating and terminating rail freight daily to and from destinations across the US, Canada and Mexico for UP customers. TCRY operates and maintains the railroad line owned by the Port of Benton (POB) under a long term lease agreement.

Watco (GNRW, PCC)

Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW)

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Great Northwest Railroad	Originally (1909) part of the Camas Prairie Railroad Company, in 1998 Camas Prairie Railnet	Relation not defined yet	Ayer Junction - Forebay, Idaho	Incomplete	Watco purchased this 77-mile short line in 2004. Construction was completed later to form an additional branch between Spalding and Grangeville for 66 miles (106 km) and a 40-mile (64 km) connection between Orofino and Headquarters, Idaho. Products shipped include forest products (lumber, bark, paper and tissue), agricultural products, industrial and farm chemicals, scrap iron and frozen vegetables. Interchanges with BNSF and UP at Ayer and BG&CM east of Lewiston, Idaho.

Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad (PCC)

PCC locomotives haul approximately 4,000 car loads of wheat, lentils, barley and frozen vegetables over 237 miles of beautiful rolling hills known as Washington’s Palouse region over three branch lines, interchanging with BNSF at Marshall.

Washington Idaho Railway Incorporated (WIR) owns and operates the Palouse and Lewiston (PNL) branch and the Washington Idaho Montana (WIM) branch through a lease agreement. WIR's legal form is a partnership. WIR's owner, Stan Patterson, started the company in June of 2007 with the contract given to him by the state of Washington. The WIR has tracks currently leased in the State of Washington (WSDOT) and owned in the State of Idaho by Watco Companies. Owner/operator tags on EWG and PCC lines are ambiguous to this wiki editor!

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Hooper Line		Relation not defined yet	Hooper Jct. - Colfax
Pleasant Valley Line		Relation not defined yet	Winona Jct. - Thornton
South Subdivision Line		Relation not defined yet	Wallula - Walla Walla, Walla Walla - Dayton and Walla Walla - Weston, Oregon

End of Watco section.

Passenger trains (Heavy Rail, Light Rail, Trams/Trolleys, Monorail, Tourism/Historic/Heritage Rail)

Tracks, stations and platforms used for passenger trains are properly collected into route=train relations, or relations tagged route=light_rail, route=subway or route=tram when those are the underlying rail infrastructure.

These tables are "somewhat complete." If you find a train, route (relation link, Review Status...) that needs to be added, updated or improved, please do so!

Amtrak operates intercity passenger trains in the contiguous United States: some service=commuter trains, many intrastate and passenger=regional trains and all interstate, passenger=national (long_distance), highspeed=yes, service=night, and passenger=international trains (some cross into Canada); see OSM Amtrak wiki table. Try OpenPublicTransportMap.

A subset is repeated here with just these three routes which serve Washington: two routes are Amtrak proper, one is a joint operation between Amtrak and the Washington Department of Transportation & Oregon Department of Transportation known as Amtrak Cascades:

Amtrak passenger=regional, passenger=national and passenger=international trains serving Washington State (AMTK)

Route	Trains	Passenger Service	Relation	Status
Amtrak Cascades	northbound (even): 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 516 southbound (odd): 501, 503, 505, 507, 509, 513, 517	international regional	VAC-PDX 71428 71428 PDX-VAC 10571796 10571796 VAC-SEA 10945391 10945391 SEA-VAC 10945392 10945392 SEA-EUG 10945394 10945394 EUG-SEA 10945393 10945393 SEA-PDX 10945390 10945390 PDX-SEA 10945389 10945389 PDX-EUG 10945388 10945388	Complete; rough public_transport v2. Seattle Subdivision needs fixing. 467 miles (Eugene, Oregon - Portland, Oregon - Seattle - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada). To be clear, there is no single route=train going "all the way" from Eugene to Canada. Only trains serving Canada are tagged as international; the rest are regional.
Coast Starlight	11-14	national	2812900 2812900	Complete; rough public_transport v1. Seattle Subdivision needs fixing. 1377 miles (Seattle - Los Angeles, California).
Empire Builder	7, 8, 27, 28	national	v1 CHI-SPK 1809794 1809794 v1 SPK-PDX 10946020 10946020 v1 SPK-SEA 10946021 10946021	Complete; rough public_transport v1. 2206 miles (3550 km) (Chicago - Seattle). At Spokane, trains 7 and 27 decouple westbound and trains 8 and 28 couple eastbound.

Colors are passenger=national Amtrak routes = royal blue, passenger=international Amtrak Cascades route = a certain shade of green to reflect livery and branding.

Seattle Center Monorail

Service Line	Route	Trains	Relation	operator=*	Status
Seattle Center Monorail: Seattle Center -> Westlake Center	Monorail		3237713 3237713	Seattle Monorail	Complete public transport v2
Seattle Center Monorail: Westlake Center -> Seattle Center	Monorail		3237714 3237714	Seattle Monorail	Complete public transport v2

Seattle Streetcar

Service Line	Route	Trains	Relation	operator=*	Status
First Hill (Northbound)	Tram		4755830 4755830	King County Metro and City of Seattle	Complete public transport v2
First Hill (Southbound)	Tram		4755831 4755831	King County Metro and City of Seattle	Complete public transport v2
South Lake Union (Northbound)	Tram		4748655 4748655	King County Metro and City of Seattle	Complete public transport v2
South Lake Union (Southbound)	Tram		4748656 4748656	King County Metro and City of Seattle	Complete public transport v2

Sound Transit / Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (SDRX)

Service Line	Route	Trains	Relation	operator=*	Status
1 Line (Northbound)	Light Rail	?	3494092 3494092	King County Metro	Complete public_transport v2
1 Line (Southbound)	Light Rail	?	5517060 5517060	King County Metro	Complete public_transport v2
2 Line	Light Rail	?	10084246 10084246	King County Metro	Light rail infrastructure relation nearing completion. Where vehicle testing is observed, member ways see construction=light_rail removed (and railway=light_rail, not =construction, applied).
S Line	Train	1500 - 1524 (even) Southbound 1501 - 1525 (odd) Northbound	3494093 3494093	BNSF Railway (BNSF)	Mostly complete public_transport v1. Underlying track structure naming should be consistent.
N Line	Train	1701, 1703, 1705, 1707 Southbound 1700, 1702, 1704, 1706 Northbound	3207386 3207386	BNSF Railway (BNSF)	Mostly complete public_transport v1. Underlying track structure naming should be consistent.
T Line	Tram	?	7375125 7375125	Pierce County Transit	Developing towards public_transport v1. Needs minor correction/improvement.

Tourism, heritage and historic trains

Tag the route=train instances (but not the route=railway instances) of these with service=tourism.

Anacortes Railway (AR)

http://anacortesrailway.org

Chehalis–Centralia Railroad & Museum (????)

In Lewis County, the Chehalis–Centralia Railroad & Museum offers several trains throughout the year.

Service Line	Reporting Mark	Route	Relation	Status
Dinner Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Easter Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Mother's Day Brunch and Dinner Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Murder Mystery Dinner Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Polar Express™ Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Pumpkin Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Santa Steam Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Valentine Sweetheart Dinner Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete

Chelatchie Prairie Railroad (BYCX)

In Clark County, the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad offers several trains throughout the year.

Service Line	Reporting Mark	Route	Relation	Status
Christmas Tree Special Train	BYCX	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Harvest Run	BYCX	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Labor Day Weekend	BYCX	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Late Spring Diesel Weekend	BYCX	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Mother's Day Weekend	BYCX	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Mother's Dinner & Wine Train	BYCX	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Patriot's Weekend Run	BYCX	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Patriot's Weekend Wine Run	BYCX	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete

Mount Rainier Railroad (MRRR)

In Lewis and Pierce Counties, the Mount Rainier Railroad offers several vintage steam trains throughout the year. The rails are owned by Tacoma Rail, an entity distinct from MRRR. The former operation was Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad. (MRSR). All trains depart Elbe with a layover in Mineral before returning to Elbe. Mineral hosts the largest collection of operative logging locomotives. The difference in trains is only the duration in Mineral. Polar Express does not drop passengers off at Mineral for the layover.

Service Line	Reporting Mark	Route	Relation	Status
Normal Museum Train	MRRR	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Special Service Train	MRRR	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Polar Express	MRRR	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete

Northwest Railway Museum, Snoqualmie Valley Railroad (????)

In King County, the Northwest Railway Museum owns the historic Snoqualmie Depot, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of railroad right-of-way and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) of the former Northern Pacific Railway North Bend branch. This railway was built in 1889 as the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway (SLSE) and was Seattle's response to the Northern Pacific's selecting Tacoma as their terminus. The SLSE was later taken over by the Northern Pacific. It operates a heritage railroad called the Snoqualmie Valley Railroad. This 5-mile (8.0 km) common carrier railroad allows museum visitors to experience a train excursion aboard antique railroad coaches through the Upper Snoqualmie Valley. Trains operate on Saturdays and Sundays from April through October and in December, and carry over 47,000 passengers per year.

Service Line	Reporting Mark	Route	Relation	Status
Saturday Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Sunday Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete

Yakima Electric Railway Museum (????)

In Yakima County, Yakima Electric Railway Museum is operated by non-profit Yakima Valley Trolleys. Vintage trolleys operate on a seasonal schedule on some of the original tracks of the Yakima Valley Transportation Company (YVT Co.), a former interurban electric line during the early and middle 20th century.

Service Line	Reporting Mark	Route	Relation	Status
Saturday Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Sunday Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete
Holiday Train	????	Train	Relation not defined yet	Incomplete

Disused lines

Lines, expressed as route=railway relations, that don't have regular traffic but with all infrastructure in place. Tracks are tagged railway=disused.

This table is believed only partially complete. If you find a line (relation link, Review Status...) that needs to be added, updated or improved, please do so!

Name	old_railway_operator=*	owner=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes	Rail Banked
Eastside Rail Corridor	Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern (SLS&E) Northern Pacific (NP) Burlington Northern (BN)	Snohomish County, City of Woodinville, King County, City of Redmond, City of Kirkland, Sound Transit, Eastside Community Rail (ECYR)	7363870 7363870	Renton - Bellevue - Woodinville - Snohomish & a Branch Woodinville to Redmond	Some review completed	Some segments need more data	Tagged railway=disused where tracks still present, tagged railway=abandoned where trail presents or rail removed. Some sections still active with trail plans alongside.

Abandoned lines

Former railroad lines, whether still visible on the ground or not, correctly expressed as route=railway relations. Ways are usually tagged railway=abandoned or rarely, railway=razed.

There are entries in the Railtrail and "Transitway" table (above) which contain significant segments of abandoned rail. It can be a bit of a coin-toss whether they should be here or there, some data may be found in both.

These tables are incomplete. If you find a line (relation link, Review Status...) that needs to be added, updated or improved, please do so!

Northern Pacific

Tag these with old_railway_operator=NP.

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Lake Washington Belt Line	NP	7363870 7363870	Black River Junction - Renton - Bellevue - Woodinville	Unknown	BNSF Railway (via Burlington Northern) abandoned this, in 2010. A small portion is active to serve Boeing in Renton.
The 3Ss Line	E&MCR	7371758 7371758	Lowell - Snohomish	Unknown	A portion built by the 3S's then purchased by the Everett & Monte Cristo Railway before ownership of the NP. unknown abandoned date
Monte Christo Line	E&MCR	Relation not defined yet	Lake Stevens - Granite Falls - Verlot - Monte Christo	Unknown	Built by the Everett & Monte Cristo Railway before ownership of the NP. unknown abandoned date
Willapa Harbor Line		Relation not defined yet	South Bend - Pe Ell - Chehalis Jct.	Unknown	. unknown abandoned date
16th Sub Grays Harbor Line		Relation not defined yet		Unknown	. unknown abandoned date
18th Sub Gate Line		Relation not defined yet		Unknown	. unknown abandoned date
20th Sub Ocosta Branch		Relation not defined yet		Unknown	. unknown abandoned date
4th Sub Prairie Line		Relation not defined yet		Unknown	. unknown abandoned date
7th Sub Buckley Line		Relation not defined yet	Meeker - Buckley - Palmer Jct.	Unknown	. unknown abandoned date

Resource for this section: GN-NP Joint Archive

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road)

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Start_date	End_date	Notes
Port Angeles Line "North Coast"	Seattle and North Coast Railroad (SNCT)	Relation not defined yet	Port Townsend - Port Angeles - Joyce	Unknown		1984	SNCT abandoned this in 1984.
Raymond Branch		Relation not defined yet	Raymond - Chehalis - Maytown	Unknown			Not known what railroad abandoned this, nor when.
Everett Branch 1		Relation not defined yet	Everett - Lowell	Unknown			Not known what railroad abandoned this, nor when.
Everett Branch 2		7371314 7371314	Lowell - Snohomish - Monroe	No TIGER data		1936	CMStP&P began running over GN trackage between Lowell and Monroe in July 1936.
Everett Branch 3		7371236 7371236	Monroe - Carnation - Snoqualmie	Partially done		1973	Rail Trail in place between Duvall and Snoqualmie. The Everett local made its last run on February 9th, 1973. MILW pulled up the track between High Rock and Snoqualmie during 1975-76. Monroe-High Rock rails were left in place, bought by the (now Cadman-owned) High Rock Quarry.
Everett Branch 4		Relation not defined yet	Snoqualmie - North Bend - Rattlesnake Lake	Unknown			Partial Rail Trail. Not known what railroad abandoned this, nor when.
Enumclaw Branch		Relation not defined yet	Bagley Jct - Enumclaw	Unknown			Not known what railroad abandoned this, nor when.
Sumas Branch		Relation not defined yet	Bellingham - Lynden jct - Sumas	Unknown			Lyden to Sumas still active. Not known what railroad abandoned this, nor when.
Aberdeen Branch		Relation not defined yet	Aberdeen - Rochester - Centralia	Unknown			Joint ownership with Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. Not known what railroad abandoned this, nor when.
Electron Spur		Relation not defined yet	Kapowsin - Electron	Unknown			CMSTP (MILW) abandoned this, 6-30-1937.
Hanford Branch		Relation not defined yet	Beverly - Hanford	Unknown			Not known what railroad abandoned this, nor when.

Logging Railroads

Logging railroads of the Pacific Northwest are a breed all their own. The vast subject requires some subset location separation.

Olympic Peninsula

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Simpson Logging Railroad		7373053 7373053	Shelton	Unknown	Unknown details about trail listed on part of right of way. A tourist operation is working to get started out of Shelton.
Port Angeles Western Railroad		7382506 7382506	Port Angeles - Lake Crescent - foothills	Unknown	trail on portion of right of way.

South West

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Schapen Bros Logging Co		Relation not defined yet	Kern, WA	Unknown	Status Unknown
Elma Logging Co Railway		Relation not defined yet	South Elma	Unknown	Status Unknown
Melborne & North River Railroad		Relation not defined yet	Melbourne	Unknown	Status Unknown

North Western Cascades

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
Siler Logging Co		7368369 7368369	Snohomish River - Redmonds Highlands	Unknown	1923 - 1931
White River Lumber Co		Relation not defined yet	Enumclaw	Unknown	Status Unknown
Pacific States Lumber Co		Relation not defined yet	Selleck	Unknown	Status Unknown
Lazarus Logging Co		Relation not defined yet	Duvall	Unknown	Status Unknown
Security Logging Co		Relation not defined yet	Carnation	Unknown	Status Unknown

South Western Cascades

Name	old_railway_operator=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Notes
North Fork Logging Co		Relation not defined yet	Mineral - foothills	Unknown	Status Unknown
Chehalis Western Railway		7381297 7381297	Henderson Inlet - Lacey - Western Jct - foothills	Unknown	Status Unknown

Railtrails and "Transitways"

A railtrail uses a former railroad right-of-way (ROW) for equestrian, bicycle or hiking paths, preserving the ROW for possible future re-use as a railway while providing a useful service in the meantime. These are often tagged highway=cycleway or highway=footway depending on whether they prefer or allow bicycle or pedestrian traffic. It is OK to tag both railway=abandoned and highway=cycleway if it is the case that an abandoned railway became a railtrail (for bicycle use, for example). The Railbanking process was formed to support the creation of rail trails and for the possible future re-use as a railway.

Within Seattle's SoDo neighborhood, there is a section of line which is nearly completely a railway=abandoned and also a type=route bus=designated. The ROW used to be the Union Pacific terminal line which provided passenger rail service. This might be considered "railtrail" but as there are parallel segments for pedestrians and bicycles in places, it seems better considered as a "transitway."

There are entries in the Abandoned tables (below) which contain significant segments of railtrail (usually ped/bike). It can be a bit of a coin-toss whether they should be here or there. They may be found in both if the entirety of the right of way is not being used for trail.

These tables are incomplete. If you find a line (relation link, Review Status...) that needs to be added, updated or improved, please do so!

Resource: List of Rail Trails in Washington State Wiki

Eastside Rail Corridor (Woodinville Sub)

Name	old_railway_operator=*	owner=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Rail Banked	Notes
Eastside Rail Corridor (Woodinville Sub)	Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern (SLS&E) Northern Pacific (NP) Burlington Northern (BN)	Snohomish County, City of Woodinville, King County, City of Redmond, City of Kirkland, Sound Transit, Eastside Community Rail (ECYR)	7363870 7363870	Renton - Bellevue - Woodinville - Snohomish & a Branch Woodinville to Redmond	Some review completed	Some segments need more data	Tagged railway=disused where tracks still present, tagged railway=abandoned where trail presents or rail removed. Some sections still active with trail plans alongside.
Cross Kirkland Corridor	Northern Pacific (NP) "The Belt Line"	City of Kirkland	7363804 7363804	Kirkland	Partially done	Yes	Tagged railway=abandoned in parts, a mixed use (bike-ped) rail-trail
Redmond Central Connector	Northern Pacific (NP)	City of Redmond, King County	Relation not defined yet	Woodinville - Redmond	Incomplete	Most Yes	See Listing below in SLS&E

Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern (SLS&E)

See Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Wiki. Much of the original Lake Shore and Eastern Right of way has been turned into or is being planned as bike path or other uses in the Seattle area. The SLS&E was purchased by Northern Pacific in 1892.

Name	old_railway_operator=*	owner=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Rail Banked	Notes
Centennial Trail Snohomish County	Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern (SLS&E) Northern Pacific (NP)	Snohomish County	Relation not defined yet	Snohomish - Arlington - Lake McMurray	Incomplete	No?	Tagged railway=abandoned SLS&E only made as far as Arlington.
Burke-Gilman Trail	Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern (SLS&E) Northern Pacific (NP) Burlington Northern (BN) Great Northern (GN) from Ballard to Shilshole	King County, City of Seattle	2183654 2183654	Ballard - fremont - Kenmore - Bothell	Reviewed	Unknown	Tagged railway=abandoned sections in Ballard, fremont, gas works are off original right of way. See Burke-Gilman Trail Wiki.
East Lake Sammamish Trail	Northern Pacific (NP)	King County	1902971 1902971	Redmond - Issaquah	Incomplete	Unknown
Preston-Snoqualmie Trail	Northern Pacific (NP)	King County	6554051 6554051	Preston - Snoqualmie	Partially done	Unknown
Redmond Central Connector	Northern Pacific (NP)	City of Redmond, King County	7374459 7374459	Woodinville - Redmond	Incomplete	Unknown	See Listing above in Eastside Rail Corridor

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road )

Name	old_railway_operator=*	owner=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Rail Banked	Notes
Snoqualmie Valley Trail	MILW	Uknown	Relation not defined yet	Cedar Falls - North Bend - Carnation - Duvall	Incomplete	Uknown	Muli Owners and some active.
Cedar River Trail	MILW	Uknown	Relation not defined yet	Renton - Maple Valley - Cedar River Watershed	Incomplete	Uknown	Muli Owners
Olympic Discovery Trail West Central - Lake and Foothills Section	MILW / SNCT	Uknown	506075061 506075061	Sequim - Port Angeles - foothills	Incomplete	Uknown	Muli Owners Less than 50% on old railroad bed.

John Wayne Pioneer Trail

The John Wayne Pioneer Trail follows much of the railway roadbed of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road ) for 300 miles (480 km) across two-thirds of Washington from the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains to the Idaho border. There are sections in the middle of this trail that have active railroad and as such are on road connections around Othello. From Tacoma/Seattle to Othello this railroad was electrified and as such the substations are still around and are being mapped. Wikipedia Resource This trail boasts the longest railtrail tunnel in the United States at, 11,894 foot long at snoqualmie pass.

Name	old_railway_operator=*	owner=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Rail Banked	Notes
John Wayne Pioneer Trail	MILW	Multi	Relation not defined yet	Cedar Falls - Ellensburg - Royal City Spur & Warden - Rosalia - Tekoa	Incomplete	Uknown	Muli Owners and some active.
Iron Horse State Park	MILW	Multi	Relation not defined yet	Cedar Falls - Ellensburg - Vantage	Incomplete	Uknown	Muli Owners

Other

Name	old_railway_operator=*	owner=*	Relation	Route	TIGER Review	Rail Banked	Notes
Columbia Plateau Trail	SPS	Unknown	Relation not defined yet				Wikipedia Resource
Foothills Trail	Northern Pacific (NP)	Pierce County	1902533 1902533	Puyallup (Meeker) - Orting - South Prairie - Buckley	Partially done	Unknown	Tagged railway=abandoned. Portion is off ROW where active rail presents.
Interurban Trail	?	King County / Snohomish County	7372299 7372299	Seattle/Greenwood - Seattle/Broadview - Greenwood	Incomplete	Unknown	Tagged railway=abandoned, some gaps where we might tag railway=razed (or not).
Interurban Trail	?	King County / Pierce County	1900725 1900725	Seattle/South Park - Kent - Fife	Incomplete	Unknown	Tagged railway=abandoned, some gaps where we might tag railway=razed (or not).
Interurban Trail	?	King County / Pierce County	6554034 6554034	Seattle/South Park - Kent - Fife	Incomplete	Unknown	Tagged railway=abandoned, some gaps where we might tag railway=razed (or not).

Yards

It would be very kind for more OSM volunteers to continue to build up this statewide "Yards" table (stub) with status on every single Washington rail yard. It is incomplete as there are dozens of rail yards in Washington. Currently yards are moderately correct, but can use improvement from recent aerial/sattelite imagery or newer real-world data. Please keep this Yards table updated as you do.

Name	Railroad	Area	Subdivision(s) Served	TIGER Review	Status
Balmer	BNSF	Seattle	Scenic	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Stacey	BNSF	Seattle	Seattle	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Delta	BNSF	Everett	Ballingham/Scenic	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Argo	UP	Seattle	Seattle	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Longview	BNSF	Longview	Seattle	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Tacoma	BNSF	Tacoma	Seattle	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Tacoma	UP	Tacoma	Seattle	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Vancouver	BNSF	Vancouver	Seattle	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Pasco	BNSF	Pasco	Fallbridge - Lakeside	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Apple Yard	BNSF	Wenatchee	Scenic - Columbia River	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Yardley	BNSF	Spokane	Spokane	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Pasco	BNSF	Pasco	Fallbridge - Lakeside	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Cheney	BNSF	Cheney	Lakeside - Central Washington	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison
Spokane	UP	Spokane	Spokane	Somewhat better TIGER status, but more tiger_reviewed=no tag removal needed	Could use more recent Bing imagery comparison