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From the "Soap Lake Reporter."

November 2, 1956

I find it amusing that mainline train service was being offered via the NCL, but local service from Coulee City to Spokane had been discontinued two years prior.

NIWX 7311

Photo courtesy of Ted Curphey. 

The locomotive never really operated well, as it needed quite a few item repaired, including a lot of low voltage wiring. It now sits at the Blackwell Northern in Kansas.

1995 BN Train Near Crater

Guest post by James Belmont.

Burlington Northern train No. 639 glides past "the Crater", a murky green lake below the basalt cliffs between Quincy and the loop at Trinidad, Washington the afternoon of June 30, 1995. 

NP Wahluke Branch Photos

Guest post by Jena Gilman.

I was out hiking on the Hanford Reach National Monument Friday and was able to follow the roadbed of the proposed NP Wahluke Branch for about a mile and a half a couple miles south of the point where Grant, Adams and Franklin Counties come together. Here are some photos.  It was obvious that the rail had never been laid as there was no sign of discarded spikes or fish plates.  The only hardware I saw were culverts.

Koren Elevator Detail Shots

Guest post by Martin Burwash.

The small elevator at Koren, WA, (just east of Othello on Hwy 26) is a natural for photography.  Having never been painted or sheathed with tin roofing, this well weathered wood structure begs for detail shots.

Burlington Northern Station Under Discussion In Ephrata

From the "Grant County Journal."

December 12, 1976

1934 Othello Roundhouse Improvments