The backyard railroad
Karen Hansen screams with joy on May 20 as the train car she and her husband, Mike, purchased is delivered to their backyard railroad tracks.
Photo by HOLLY HANSEN
The 100 feet of visible railroad track behind the Hansens' property near Northwest Boulevard and Lacrosse Avenue. The tracks are believed to have been a part of the old Coeur d'Alene & Spokane Railroad Company.
It has been decades since a train car could be seen on tracks parallel to the Spokane River, but thanks to the tireless efforts of two long-time North Idaho residents, history has made a comeback.
Those boating along the river near Blackwell Island, using the Centennial Trail near Northwest Boulevard, or driving north across the U...
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