Courtesy of Blair Kooistra.
Blair says:
"Back
in 1995, Columbia Basin Railroad had been operating a cluster of former
Burlington Northern and Milwaukee Road lines in the Warden area for
nine years. While business had grown from BN days, it certainly hadn't
boomed yet, and traffic didn't tax the four SW1200's assigned to the
line from parent Washington Central's roster.
"A lot has changed in 25 years, and with it, a boom in the agriculture business in the area. Now the nightly drag to the BNSF interchange in Connell and two nightly switch jobs require a stable of at least five SD9's and a single GP9. Facilities have expanded as well with a new maintenance shop for track machinery under construction as well as a clean locomotive fueling and inspection facility. The old steel yard office from Northern Pacific days is still there, and is one of the few constants in these two views."
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"Now the nightly drag to the BNSF interchange in Connell and two nightly switch jobs require a stable of at least five SD9's and a single GP9."
That's gotta' sound awesome!
Rolling thru on a full moon night, wow!
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