Courtesy of Rob Leachman via Groups.io.
As promised, here is a run-down of local freight train assignments
in the Spokane area circa 1976. This completes my posts concerning
BN operations in the Spokane area. Hope this is of interest.
Spokane Area Local Freight Trains (as published Feb 1976, "last
revised 10/14/75")
Local Number Route Description On Duty Frequency
474 Cheney-Scribner-Marshall-Babb 0900 Ex TuF
625 Kettle Falls – Hillyard 0700 TuF
626 Hillyard – Kettle Falls 0830 MTh
671 Yardley – Coulee City 0930 MWF
672 Coulee City – Yardley 0700 TuThSa
679 Yardley – Quincy 0800 MWF
680 Quincy – Yardley 0600 TuThSa
801 Yardley – Athol Daily
819-820 Sandpoint – Hillyard 1900 Ex Sa
831 Kettle Falls – Hillyard 0030 Ex Su
832 Hillyard – Kettle Falls 2130 Ex Sa
834 Hillyard – Elk 0630 Ex SaSu
836 Hillyard – Chewelah 0700 We
842 Erie Street – Coeur d'Alene 0900 Ex SaSu
844 Yardley–Coeur d'Alene–Algoma 0700 Ex Su
846 Cheney-Marshall-Scribner-
Davenport-Eleanor 1100 Tu
Notes: Trains 831-832 were essentially through road trains not doing
local work. These were long trains powered by multi-unit lash-ups of
four-axle units. Trains 671-672 also were powered by multi-unit lash-
ups of four-axle units (typically F units or mixed F units and
Geeps), although they did all the switching work at the elevators
along the CW. When the grain was moving, these also were long
trains. I believe the other locals were ordinarily powered by one or
two Geeps.
