ERDA 3730

Photo by RR.

R says:
"ERDA 3730 at the North Richland yard in September 1977. The Hanford Plant Railroad (located on the Hanford site in southeastern Washington State) was always one of my favorites and is the subject of a project layout I'm working on. I wish I could have chased it though. In the late 1980s, I photographed this RS1 getting scrapped along with its sister 3732."

Don't Tell

Courtesy of RR.

Marengo Meet: MILW 22 East should be passing MILW 144 West in the passing track, but the passing track is in such bad shape by 1978 crews began asking the UP operator if they can use the Washy. Note MILW 144 West in the background happily parked on the UP mainline - with no authority or knowledge from division brass.

Little Power On The Move

Photos courtesy of the Grant County Historical Society's BPA photo archive.

1945

Locomotive moving by truck due to the track being temporarily out of service due to construction work.

Burlington Northern Station Under Discussion In Ephrata

From the "Grant County Journal."

December 13, 1976

Mainline Derailed For Day

From the "Grant County Journal."

March 1, 1976

Action At Naylor

Guest post by Chris Malm. Photos by him.

March 11, 1992

An eastbound intermodal train with GP50 3126 and B30AB 4019 was first up. About 45 minutes later came what looked like train 4 with some apparently hot boxcars on the point, led by EMDX SD40-2 6301 (ex-MILW 178 to 17 to SOO 6301) and two more SD40-2s. The third train was a westbound stack train, possibly 15, as it met the 6301. March 11, 1992.

Chasing The CBRW

My photos.

April 20, 2026

Wheeler Turn headed towards Wheeler while crossing I90 at Raugust.

Passing through Bruce.

Passing Koren. I'm standing on the embankment of the SR 26 overpass.

BNSF Connell Turn power was all EMD this day.

Returning towards Warden, passing Buehler Road.

At Coyan Road.

Just north of Bruce. That's Othello in the background.

Coming off the BN built connection between the NP and the Milwaukee Road, the Columbia Basin Railway Connell Turn is nearly home at Warden, WA. You can see the remnants of the NP ramp behind the 651. 

The flyover was built by NP subsidiary Connell Northern, to get over the Milwaukee Road in 1910. After the Milwaukee quit in 1980, BN bought that line between Warden and Othello. At this particular location, they pulled out the NP bridge and built an at-grade connection between the two railroads, which is still in use today.

It's now 7pm and the Wheeler Turn hasn't finished at Wheeler yet.

1935 Tunnel Construction Scene

Courtesy of the NMAC.

1935

View looks over what will become the town of Coulee Dam at the granite bluff the tunnel was built through. It featured a 5% grade from end to end. It wasn't actually used, though track led to it, as part of a tail track of a switchback leading to a lower level.

From The GN To The NP

My photo.

June 1, 2016

After being built to haul GN passenger trains, this SDP40 was relegated to freight service. Over the years it found it's way to regional line Montana Rail Link, who leased it out for shortline service on the Eastern Washington Gateway. It became the star of the summer of 2016, as all of us local fans burned though pixels of it hauling wheat in Eastern Washington.