My photo.
February 6, 2021
Big business in the small town of Coulee City (population around 550) is grain. Here is proof!
While the round tanks are of various vintages, the crib elevators are approaching the century mark in age, having been built by Coulee City grain pioneer George McDonald. All are dwarfing the SD40-2s of the Washington Eastern. Oh, and these elevators and tanks are the small ones in town.
From the collection of Ryan Reed. Photographer unknown.
June 18, 1979
My photo.
February 6, 2021
Three SD40-2s of the Washington Eastern have just crossed US 2 between Hartline and Coulee City, near the old spur of Carr.
Photo taken by Henry Gallaher. Mary Ellen Wax provided photo.
Thanks to Darrin Nelson for bringing it to my attention.
February 27, 2026
Jaguar sold off this one and the 1626, both former NP GP9s. The 302 left Pasco for points east. I caught it at a few places along the way.
Hatton
Cunningham
Providence Hill
Lind
Image courtesy of Blair Kooistra.
Blair says:
"I LOVE Fridays. It means I get to share photos of F-UNITS with y'all!!!
This one sums Burlington Northern's Eastern Washington branchlines up in a single frame. . . eastbound CW Branch local drops down the Deep Creek grade at the Highway 2 overpass on August 15, 1981. Three former Northern Pacific F9's and a GP7 lead a train of woodchips and wheat--mostly wheat--towards a mainline connection at Cheney.
It's a scene that, apart from the operating railroad and the locomotives, hasn't changed much at all in the past 42 years. Wheat is still the primary commodity, and--for now, anyway--Jaguar Transport operates the line owned by the State of Washington under the name Washington Eastern.
