Courtesy of Tom Carver.
September 1980
"The CW (Central Washington) local has gone to work in Coulee City, Wash., just after sunrise. Situated in a geologic formation known as the Grand Coulee, the "City" is about 25 miles southwest of the famous dam on the Columbia River by the same name. F7 #712, former SP&S 802, then BN 9752, was originally a passenger unit before being relegated to freight. The 109-mile-long Central Washington branch was officially the 8th Sub. of the Spokane Division. Today the 712 has an F7B and 5 Geeps to haul what will become a long and heavy train of 40-foot grain boxes as loads are picked up on its eastward trek to Spokane. September 1980."
