The Seattle, Lake Shore, and Eastern Railway (SLS&E) was a railroad that operated in Seattle from 1885-1896. A group of local investors lead by Thomas Burke (1849-1925) and Daniel Hunt Gilman (1845-1913) founded the railroad as a solution to the problem of connecting Seattle to the Canadian border. The line's seven-year history reflects the paramount importance of the railroad during the city's formative decades, and the lengths to which early community leaders went to secure a healthy economic future for the fledgling town on the sound.

The SLS&E was incorporated into the Northern Pacific Railway (NPRR) in 1892, which used the Western Washington lines until 1963. By 1970, most of the line was acquired by Burlington Northern Railway which filed to abandon the lines a year later in 1971. In 1978 the railroad's route between Ballard and Woodinville became the 27 miles of the King County Regional Trail System known as the Burke-Gilman Trail.

The pamphlet pictured here took effect on Sunday, August 16, probably in 1891, and was intended for use by railway employees. Included is a complete time table for scheduled trains between Lake Shore (as in Seattle's Lake Union) and Snoqualmie Falls, as well as a list of stations, station agents, telegraph offices, and fuel and water stations along that route.

Caption information source: "Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad Company," by Heather M. MacIntosh, HistoryLink.org Essay 1736.