Milwaukee 52 At Othello

 

GN 5018 At Wenatchee

 

E-4 At Othello

 

Railroad Route Finally OK'd

From the "Columbia Basin Herald."

June 30, 2020

It's A Mess

From the "Grant County Journal."

March 8, 2010

The War That Never Was; The Coulee City Railroad War

From the Coulee City "News & Standard."

February 11, 2009

CBRW GP38s Arrive At Western Rail

Guest post by Blaize Merryman.

December 14 and 15, 2025.

2 Ex CBRW Locomotives got delivered to the Western Rail shops at Airway Heights, Washington. 

Specifically, engines #2087, EMD GP38, & #2184, EMD GP38. 

These engines recently got replaced by Ex Spokane, Spangle & Palouse #3903 and #3904, which are both GP39-3s and are now operating on the Central Washington Railway. 

BNSF's Lind Turn dropped the engines off at Cheney, Washington for the Washington Eastern Railway to take to the Western Rail Facility in Airway Heights, which involved some switching to get the locomotives inside the facility, pulling out an additional 3 locomotives to be able to shove the 2 "new" engines into the facility. 

Speaking of, the 538 locomotive has an interesting new look to it!

 

Port Of Quincy Helping To Improve Freight Movement

From the "Columbia Basin Herald."

February 6, 2014

Onto The Branch

Courtesy of Tom Carver.

"The CW local is swinging off the Spokane Division's 1st Subdivision mainline onto the 8th Sub. branch line at Cheney, WA. This is also the division point between the Spokane and Portland Divisions for the !st Sub. mainline, resetting to mile 0.0 on the Portland Div. from mile 279.3 on the Spokane Div. The whitish-grey substance is volcanic ash from Mt. St. Helens."