Up The Hill From Connell

Photo courtesy of Mike Repp.

July 15, 2018

2003 Warden View

Photo courtesy of Lauren Scrafford.

Lauren says:
"Roster shot of the Columbia Basin I took at Warden, WA on August 10, 2003.

"Front row CBRW 2282 ATSF GP9 which the Columbia Basin acquired in 1999 from the BNSF. CBRW 1626 another GP9 BNSF acquisition in 2000 which was a former NP/BN high hood that the Columbia Basin chopped. SW1200 CBRW 203 which was a former MOPAC switcher that was acquired in 1996. Hidden in the backrow is another former ATSF GP9 ATSF 2274 and 2 former DMI&R SD9's CBRW 166 & 171 which were acquired in 1999. At the time the former 2 DMI&R units were the only SD9's owned by CBRW. "

Silicon On Celluloid

Courtesy of James Belmont. Doug Harrop photo.

May 22, 1975

Burlington Northern 6471 leads merchandise west past the Silicon Smelter at Rock Island, Washington. The plant opened in 1942 by Ohio Ferro Alloys and permanently closed in 2000.

Barham View

Photo courtesy of Lauren Scrafford.

Lauren says:
"Columbia Basin, CBRW 1626 approaching Barham, WA on the Schrag Branch with 26 carloads of grain. This was on August 4, 2000, when the CBRW was fairly new to the Columbia Basin. 

The CBRW is a GP9 rebuild built for the Northern Pacific in August of 1957 as the NP 328. With the Burlington Northern merger, it became BN 1913 and BNSF 1626 with the BNSF merger."

1966 U&I Sugar View

Bureau of Reclamation photo. 

1966

Columbia Crossing

Photo by Tom Carver.

Tom says:
"Crossing from the east to the west bank of the Columbia River just north of Rock Island power dam, hotshot train #3's next stop will be in Wenatchee, WA, for crew change. May 1981."

Schafer View

Courtesy of the John Barriger Library, George Lentzner Collection. 

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Othello Engine House View.

Courtesy of the John Barriger Library, George Lentzner Collection. 

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1988 Chasing The CW Branch

Photos courtesy of Jonathan Fischer. 

May 26, 1988

Near Creston. 

Near Wilbur.

Near Wilbur

Wilbur

Wilbur

Wilbur

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