Cowlitz Chehalis & Cascade

Company History: The CC&C was born in 1916 from the reorganization of the Washington Electric Railway. The WER had linked Chehalis and Centralia, Washington. Much of the WER was abandoned but CC&C took over operation from Chehalis, Washington 32 miles east to East Winston by way of Onalaska. The timber business dominated the freight traffic with two round trips per day consisting of 25 to 30 cars each. Passengers were carried in a gas powered rail bus. When logging ended in 1955, the railroad closed. All three steam locomotives were donated to parks in the area and one, number 15, a 2-8-2 is in operation today on the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad tourist operation.

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