Columbia River Subdivision

The Columbia River Subdivision or Columbia River Sub is a railway line running about 167 miles (269 km) from Wenatchee to Spokane, Washington.^[3] It is operated by BNSF Railway^[4] as part of their Northern Transcon. The original line (built in 1893) was built as part of James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway transcontinental railway line.

v t e BNSF Columbia River Subdivision[1]
Legend
1481.6 Latah Jct. Jct. Spokane Subdivision 1489.8 Lyons 1495.2 Fairchild Storage Track Washington Eastern Railroad 1499.3 Espanola 1505.1 Waukon 1510.8 Edwall 1514.5 Canby 1520.1 Bluestem Elevator 1520.2 Bluestem 1520.6 1527.8 Harrington 1534.5 Mohler 1538.2 Downs 1541.6 1542.9 Lamona 1553.2 Odessa 1562.1 Irby 1565.6 Gibson 1570.4 Marlin 1577.0 Wilson Creek 1584.8 Stratford 1588.6 Adrian 1697.1 Air Base (spur) 1599.3 Ephrata Ephrata Station Amtrak Empire Builder[2] 1603.8 Naylor 1608.9 Winchester 1615.5 Quincy 1621.5 Tunnel 11.1 1626.6 Trinidad 1635.0 Albus 1637.6 Voltage 1640.1 Rock Island Columbia River 1641.3 Alcoa Spur 1643.3 Malaga 1646.7 Appleyard 1650.2 Wenatchee Columbia Station Amtrak Empire Builder[2] Jct. to Scenic Subdivision

Train service

The Amtrak Empire Builder operates once each way per day along the corridor. Parts of the line see upwards of 40 freight trains a day.^[5]