Tuesday, September 9, 2025

New Power For The CBRW

September 7, 2025


Spotted at Four Lakes, WA over the weekend were 4 SD40-2s purchased from Western Rail for service on the Columbia Basin Railway. They were testing for a week or so on sister company Washington Eastern, who also happens to be the connecting carrier to Western Rail. I suppose the thinking would be if there are any hiccups, the shop is close by. Rumor is these would be shipped to Yakima for further setup after testing.





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3 comments:

  1. Kurt MooseSeptember 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM

    Big power!!

    The lead unit in the 1st pic is an ex-Santa Fe SD45-2, although derated now, I'm sure.

    Good stuff though!

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  2. Kurt MooseSeptember 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM

    ...or are those two locos still BNSF's?

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  3. SDP45September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM

    All 4 SDs will hopefully be relettered soon, to reduce confusion as to current ownership.

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