Train Derails Near Marlin, 13 Freight Cars Leave Track

From the "Grant County Journal."

February 28, 1977

1995 WCRC At Warden View

Photo courtesy of Blair Kooistra. 

Blair says:

"Wayback Wednesday."

"I'm glad I stopped for a photo of the four SW1200's tied up on the Washington Central Railroad at Warden, Washington, on August 26, 1995.

"I'm guessing I was headed back from a two-day trip from Seattle to the BN Lakeside subdivision with Brian Rutherford to photograph CSX AC4400's operating on a test train. I can't recall if Brian and I had split up for our return trips by this point or not; if he was still with me, I'm guessing he spent his time photographing the NP and GN freight cars in a junkyard nearby.

"In 1996, Washington Central spun off the lines north of Connell into their present day Columbia Basin Railroad subsidiary; there wasn't a lot of traffic on this branch in 1995, but that soon changed. WCRC had four SW1200s (ex-MoPac), and here they are MU'ed and tied down near the Warden station. MU'ed SW1200's certainly would have been just as worthy to photograph as more BN green SD40-2s, so maybe we should have spent more time HERE? Today, lots of traffic, and SD9s and GP9s have replaced the switchers."

That SP&S Passenger Car At Soap Lake

X-463 was built by Pullman in June 1909 as SP&S coach 208. It was converted to outfit service as X-463 on May 14, 1940 (along with most of the all-wood passenger cars). The car was sold in July 1969. A shower was installed in 1948, indicating that it served as a bunk car. Trail goes cold after that.
It sat in Kahlotus for years before being moved to Soap Lake. It's sat there for over 20 years and was then put up on Facebook marketplace for sale.

Kahlotus views:

Photo by Jonathan Fischer:

Soap Lake views:

 

Photo by Roger Burrows:

Facebook listing as of 6-28-24.

Roxboro Station Map

Courtesy of Mark Borleske and the Cascade Rail Foundation.

Lind Station Map

Courtesy of Mark Borleske and the Cascade Rail Foundation.

Vassar Station Map

Courtesy of Mark Borleske and the Cascade Rail Foundation.

 

Pizarro Station Map

Courtesy of Mark Borleske and the Cascade Rail Foundation.