By Roger Harnack
Cheney Free Press
Winona trestle placed
Rail section may reopen this month
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Last updated 10/19/2023 at 5:50pm
Randy Warwick
Welders secure steel portions of the Rebel Flat Creek Trestle Saturday, Oct. 7.
WINONA – An important wheat link in the railroad network spanning Adams, Lincoln, Spokane and Whitman Counties is nearly complete.
"It's pretty much finished," state Department of Transportation's Rail, Freight and Ports division spokesowman Janet Matkin said Monday afterooon, Oct. 16, when asked about the status of the Rebel Flat Creek Trestle.
The trestle was destroyed Aug. 19 in the Winona Fire that charred 2,525 acres in Whitman County near the historic town of Winona. The fire started when a golden eagle got tangled in powerlines, Whitman County Emergency Management Director Bill Ten...
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