The Leclerc Creek & Western Railroad is a 1-1/2 inch (1/8) scale private “riding” railroad located in northeastern Washington.  The track is 7-1/2 inch gauge.

The Leclerc Creek & Western (LC&W) has been a dream for many years, and is finally (slowly) becoming a reality.  A locomotive, a “slug” (powered, engineer’s riding car), a 40’ gondola, two 54’ flatcars, a boxcar, a caboose and a car (actually, two sets of trucks with bunks connected by a beam) to carry the 10-feet long track panels are completed and onsite.  Initial track construction began in August 2007 with the driveway crossing from the train “barn” to the woods.  The cut through the bank was excavated in October.  In 2008, track was laid to Cedar Snag Junction and a little beyond (toward Knapweed Flat wye). The 2009 construction season has extended the track to approximately station 4+60 (from the shop), with an additional 100 feet of roadbed in place.  The ROW has been mowed and sod removed to approximately station 11+00.

A short movie of the first passenger run to Cedar Snag Junction has been added to the web site ... the locomotive sound is pretty authentic!  I haven’t mastered the ins and outs of video for the web, so it takes a LONG time to load ... sorry.

Last updated 10/15/09