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| • | The Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad was a railroad founded in Seattle, Washington on April 28, 1885, with the purpose of creating a rail connection between Seattle and the Canadian Pacific Railway. The company was placed in receivership on June 26, 1893, and was sold in foreclosure on May 16, 1896. The lines in western Washington became the Seattle & International Railway Co., which was taken over by the Northern Pacific Railway in 1901. The eastern Washington line became the Spokane & Seattle Railway, which was puchased by the NP in two parts. The first, Medical Lake to Davenport, was purchased in 1899. The remainder, between Davenport and Spokane, was bought in 1900.
In 1971, the right-of-way, by this time part of the Burlington Northern system, was abandoned. Seven years later, in 1978, the 12.1 miles between Seattle's Gas Works Park and Tracy Owen Station in Kenmore was reopened as the Burke-Gilman Trail, named after the leaders of the group that founded the railroad, Thomas Burke and Daniel Gilman. The eastern Washington lines did not fare much better. The only remaining section by 1970 was a small spur out of Davenport, also now abandoned.
Source: [wikipedia: seattle, lake shore and eastern railroad]
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