Palouse Empire Rail Society comes to the end of the line

Palouse Empire Rail Society, the group of railroad enthusiasts who sponsored spring swap meets and put up model railroad displays in Pullman, has officially come to the end of the line.

Ken Vogel, one of the founding members of the group, said the remaining members decided to officially disband the society and distribute its treasury to other railroad projects around the northwest.

A retired Pullman clothier who moved to Winlock where he and wife Sally constructed a replica depot next to the main railroad line between Portland and Seattle, Vogel said group members made the decision after deter...