Images of Rail- North Beach Peninsula's IR&N Northern Europe Each hike showcases outstanding scenery

Each hike showcases outstanding scenery

beachcombing

by Rob Casey and Dave Kalama

large vessels and small

Last Correction: 5-Jul-2017

Images of Rail- North Beach Peninsula's IR&N Northern Europe Each hike showcases outstanding sceneryFor nearly 40 years, the quirky little narrow gauge railroad, begun in 1889 by the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company, ran along the North Beach Peninsula in southwestern Washington. The train provided the primary transportation link from Ilwaco in the south to Nahcotta in the north, making peninsula communities accessible to one another and supplying a reliable route to outside markets for the area's major industries oystering, wood cutting, and