Big Bend Railroad History

This site features daily historical railroad posts from the Big Bend/Columbia Plateau region of Washington state. As a personal site, this is my online filing cabinet of interesting things I've come across about railroading in the area. Thanks for stopping by! Shoutout to Kirtus Dolorina for stopping by to borrow other people's work!

Monday, November 10, 2025

BNSF Adds Grant And Adams Counties' Columbia Basin Railroad To Shortline Select Program

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Be prepared to read one of the most poorly written articles from this news organization, Source One News. Screen grab of the BNSF press rele...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

2007 EWG Lease And Operation Exemption

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Saturday, November 8, 2025

The 557 Lives!

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In what again seems to be a timely news item, the 557 has been steamed up. Hopefully this public link to the 557 Restoration Facebook page ...
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2007 CBRW Acquisition and Operation Exemption

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Friday, November 7, 2025

Lugging The Grain

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Courtesy of Tom Carver. September 1980 "The same train as in my last post, the CW local is east of Reardan, Wash. Its seven units are w...
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Thursday, November 6, 2025

2011 EWG Coload Story

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Guest post by Bruce Butler. Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Some of the challenges of railroading - a story revealed in emails. Editing and addit...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Up The Hill From Connell

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Photo courtesy of Mike Repp. July 15, 2018
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2003 Warden View

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Photo courtesy of Lauren Scrafford. Lauren says: "Roster shot of the Columbia Basin I took at Warden, WA on August 10, 2003. "Fron...
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Silicon On Celluloid

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Courtesy of James Belmont. Doug Harrop photo. May 22, 1975 Burlington Northern 6471 leads merchandise west past the Silicon Smelter at Rock ...
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