HTM_WCMss116.xml Guide to the Walla Walla Valley Railroad Company Records Walla Walla Valley Railroad Company Records Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2011
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Business Number: 509-527-5922 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-09. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Whitman College and Northwest Archives Walla Walla Valley Railroad Company Records Walla Walla Valley Railroad Company WCMss.116 14.63 linear feet 3 flat boxes, 9 record cartons 1864-1984 The Walla Walla Valley Railroad Company Records contains materials related to the operation of the Walla Walla Valley Railroad Company. English .

Collection is open for research.

The Walla Walla Valley Railroad company began circa 1890 in Walla Walla, Washington. It expanded in Walla Walla, and in 1907 it opened a 14 mile line between Walla Walla and Milton-Freewater, Oregon. This allowed for the transportation of large quantities of fruit, wheat, and dairy products to and from Walla Walla. In 1910 the company changed its name to the Walla Walla Valley Railroad company, and became part of the Pacific Power and Light Company. During the 1920s and 1930s many of the company's lines were shut down, and in 1985 the last remaining line, between Walla Walla and Milton-Freewater, was abandoned by its owner at the time, Burlington Northern.

The Walla Walla Valley Railroad Company Records consists of correspondence, Interline Division Sheets, Authority for Expenditure (AFE) files, Right of Way Plats, balance sheets, payroll records, locomotive service reports, tariff reports and invoices.

 Businesses and Corporations Pacific Coast Album undated 1 1 Assorted railroad brochures undated 1 2 Northern pacific railway brochures undated 1 3 Great Northern Railway brochures undated 1 4 Valley, Plain, and Peak - Great Northern Railway undated 1 5 U.S.P.R.R. expeditions and surveys 47th and 49th parallels prints undated 1 6 Wallula Yard Film Reel undated 2 1 Photocopy of unknown book undated 2 2 Photos of South East Washington railroads undated 2 3 Photos of South East Washington railroads undated 2 4 Wallula about 1904 1904 2 5 Engine 1741 undated 2 6 Engine 3223 Union Pacific Railroad undated 2 7 Engine 3224 Union Pacific Railroad undated 2 8 Engine 2252 Union Pacific Railroad undated 2 9 Engine 3202 Union Pacific Railroad undated 2 10 Engine 35_6 with freight at Wallula undated 2 11 Engine 3506 undated 2 12 Engine 3516 undated 2 13 Engine 3523 Juniper, Oregon January 25, 1984 2 14 Engine 3523 Juniper, Oregon January 26, 1984 2 15 Engine 3536 on sidetrack undated 2 16 Engine 3548 undated 2 17 Engine 3549 freight cars under steam undated 2 18 Engine 3549 undated 2 19 Engine 3629 undated 2 20 Engine 3869 undated 2 21 Engine 4000 undated 2 22 Columbia River at Wallula Gap undated 2 23 Engine 4019 undated 2 24 Engine 4434 undated 2 25 Engine 4922 side view undated 2 26 Engine 6050 undated 2 27 Engine 7851 undated 2 28 Engine LA-1 City of Los Angeles passenger train undated 2 29 Joso Railroad Bridge undated 2 30 Akehurst, Lyle engineer undated 2 31 Private residences with Wallula Gap in background undated 2 32 Wallula railroad yard undated 2 33 Umatilla Line last train 1951 May 28 2 34 Seminole Engine U-P-R-W undated 2 35 Engine 3 O.R.&N. Co. Walla Walla 1901 September 3 2 36 Engine 20 O.R.&N. Co. undated 2 37 Engine 50 undated 2 38 Engine 103 undated 2 39 Engine 136 undated 2 40 Engine 136 and 140 making Alto Hill undated 2 41 Engine 137 undated 2 42 Engine 174 and other under steam "Number 7- West of Starbuck" undated 2 43 Engine 340 on turntable undated 2 44 Engine 706 undated 2 45 Engine 718 undated 2 46 Engine 733 Wallula depot - Five men standing on engine undated 2 47 Engine 742 undated 2 48 Engine 345 undated 2 49 Engine 752 undated 2 50 Engine 753 undated 2 51 Engine 762 Union Pacific undated 2 52 Engine 763 getting water undated 2 53 Engine 1740 Wallula undated 2 54 Engine 1745 undated 2 55 Engine 2120 undated 2 56 Engine 2150 undated 2 57 Engine 2155 undated 2 58 Engine 2203 undated 2 59 Engine 2252 and passenger car undated 2 60 Engine 151 undated 2 61 Engine 2280 undated 2 62 Engine 3177 undated 2 63 Engine 3202 undated 2 64 Engine 3215 undated 2 65 Engine 3221 undated 2 66 Untitled undated 2 67 Untitled undated 2 68 Untitled undated 2 69 Untitled undated 2 70 Wallula upper town undated 2 71 Wallula undated 2 72 Wallula looking to gap with plant on left undated 2 73 Fort Walla Walla (Nez Perce) site undated 2 74 Wallowa Lake undated 2 75 Wallula men on horseback undated 2 76 Lowden - flood damage to railroad tracks undated 2 77 Twin Sisters undated 2 78 Wallula Depot undated 2 79 Wallula Depot 1952 undated 2 80 Wallula street scene undated 2 81 Wallula General View undated 2 82 Wallula undated 2 83 Engine 2714 Union Pacific Railroad with mail and passenger car - train 74 undated 2 84 Untitled undated 2 85 Various undated 2 86 Wallula flood 1948 1948 2 87 Untitled undated 2 88 Wallula Earl Raleigh 1953 1953 2 89 Palouse Falls undated 2 90 Wallula Hotel undated 2 91 Wallula church undated 2 92 Untitled undated 2 93 Walla Walla County railroad station news undated 3 1 Dr. Dorsey Syng Baker's Blue Mountain Extension Railroad Line undated 3 2 Baker Railroad and Dorsey Baker undated 3 3 Baker Railroad robbery story undated 3 4 Agricultural census report 1870 1870 3 5 Assay report J.H. Day 1866 November 1 3 6 Drummond Willis letter to register and receiver, Vancouver, January 21, 1874 1874 January 21 3 7 Baker railroad annual meeting report undated 3 8 J.N. Gates to D.S. Baker, San Francisco 20 July 1866 3 9 Baker Railroad poems undated 3 10 Horace Lyman letter to D.S. Baker 20 Oct 1869 3 11 R.S. Baker letter 21 Oct 1869 3 12 Baker Railroad Up-To-The-Times 1927 September 3 13 Baker Railroad newspaper clippings undated 3 14 Death of D.S. Baker, Walla Walla Union Bulletin 5 July 1888 3 15 Forty Years a Pioneer book review undated 3 16 Calvin Trillin, First Family of Astoria undated 3 17 The Rawhide Railroad undated 3 18 Fritz Baker, Memories of my Father undated 3 19 Northern Pacific Railroad annual report June 1905 1905 3 20 Northern Pacific Railroad annual report June 1906 1906 3 21 Northern Pacific Railroad annual report June 1908 1907 3 22 Northern Pacific Railroad annual report June 1909 1908 3 23 Northern Pacific Railroad annual report June 1911 1909 3 24 Northern Pacific Railroad annual report June 1912 1910 3 25 Northern Pacific Railroad annual report June 1913 1911 3 26 Railroad brochures undated 3 27 Baldwin Locomotive Works Illustrated Catalogue undated 4 1 CDs of Northern Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad maps undated 4 2 Shasta route information undated 4 3 The Rawhide Railroad by George Estes undated 4 4 The Oregon Trunk - Gold Spike Issue undated 4 5 The Western Railroader April 1965 4 6 Doctor Baker's Railroad; A Bicentennial Publication undated 4 7 Copies of letters from and writings about Dorsey Syng Baker undated 4 8 Ilwaco Railroad Company timecard undated 4 9 Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad Company paperwork undated 4 10 Railroad Photos, 1860 to 1950 1860-1950 5 1 Time Tables undated 6 1 Ray Hewitt articles on railroads - Milton Freewater (2) undated 6 2 Union Pacific Railroad Company rules undated 6 3 Travel Information undated 6 4 Record of Changes in Agents and Operators at Stations 1889 to 1902 1889-1902 6 5 Railroad Time Tables undated 7 1 Maps and Blueprints undated 8 1 Blueprint of Railroad around Fort Walla Walla undated 4 7 Untitled undated 4 7 Photographs of engines and trains undated 4 7 Walla Walla Valley Railway Company electric streetcar circa 1890-1899 5 1 1