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The Coeur D’Alene Railway and Navigation Company was organized in 1886 by Seattle businessmen Daniel C. Corbin, Sam T. Hauser, Anton Esler, S.S. Glidden, James Wardner, and James Monaghan to operate a railroad link in Northern Idaho from the Coeur d’Alene River to the nearby mining regions.

In November, 1886, forty pound steel rails were laid with narrow, three foot, gauge from the Mission Landing to Wardner Junction. Having been in a hurry to get done, the rail bed had not been ballasted. One engine was sunk in the mud between Pine Flat and Mud Prairie, another between Kingston and the Mission. By March of 1887, CR&N had the trains up and running from the Mission to Wardner Junction. Later in 1887, Corbin contracted the Willamette Iron Works to build a new steamer that could break ice in the winter, thereby maintaining the link with the rail heads in Coeur d’Alene and the rail head at the Mission. By December 12 of 1887, when the Kootenai was launched for the CR&N, their ‘Chippy’ trains (narrow gauge) reached into the mouth of Canyon Creek. December 13, 1887, was the first rail shipment coming from east of Wardner Junction to the Mission.

The line was later leased to the Northern Pacific in 1888 before being sold the mighty NP in foreclosure in 1897.

We are currently offering the following pieces from the Coeur D’Alene Railway & Navigation Company:

$50.00

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