While I found the CBRW to be an interesting railroad, there isn't much to be had in the way of scenery. Luckily the power more than makes up for it. While the #12 has a fascinating history, coming... (more)
On my way to see Dead & Company at the Gorge Amphitheater, i had to make a slight detour to check out the vintage EMD power of the Columbia Basin Railroad.
Columbia Basin Railroad's Wheeler job crosses the irrigation canal on the north edge of town in the morning led by former MRL SD19 #652 and former Washington Central GP9 #302
A couple of 50-something year-old SD9's snake through an ess curve south of Warden and down a former NP branch line with potatoes and onions and empty cars to interchange with the BNSF at Connell,... (more)