• 1888: Built to Brush Prairie as the Vancouver, Klickitat & Yakima. Original line extended from a ferry dock near the current Vancouver depot up Lincoln Street. • 1898: Reorganized by new owners as the
Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Railroad. • 1902: Line extended to
Yacolt. • 1903:
Northern Pacific Railway acquires the line. • 1948:
Harbor Plywood Company builds an independent line from Yacolt to
Chelatchie Prairie. • 1950:
Longview, Portland and Northern Railway acquires the Harbor Plywood line. • 1960: Longview, Portland and Northern Railway acquires the NP line from Rye to Yacolt. NP continues to service branch to Rye. • 1979:
International Paper in Chelatchie Prairie closes. Traffic drops precipitously. • 1981:
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad acquires the line. • 1984: Service discontinued. • 1985: Abandonment authorized on August 29. • 1987: Line purchased by Clark County and begins operation as LINC. • 2001:
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad (BYCX) leases the portion of the line from
Battle Ground to Chelatchie and begins excursions. • 2004: The line is leased to the
Columbia Basin Railroad to take over operations. • 2012: The lease agreement is sold to
Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad, which is wholly owned by Eric Temple. ==See also==