MRL 290

Former Great Northern SDP40 321, as the Montana Rail Link 290, leased to the Eastern Washington Gateway and seen in Coulee City, on March 7, 2016. This locomotive is notable in that it was one of 6 built for the GN in 1966 as a passenger engine.

Note in the first photo there are a few telegraph poles still standing here, along with a flanger sign (the dark grey/black sign near the left of the photo) which told plow crews where to raise the plow to avoid hitting crossings and such. In the right hand center background of the photo can be seen the grade which ran straight past this location, heading south to Adrian. This section was abandoned in 1953.

See this shot at Railpictures.net as well

Crossing county road J NE.

Entering Coulee City. The former depot, seen on the right, has been the Senior Center since 1977. The red building on the left once belonged to the Potlatch Lumber dealer.

Building the train by pulling cars from the south track first. 

Starting the pull to leave town. The concrete silos were constructed in the wake of the abandonment of the nearby Mansfield branch. On the left of the train is the former Centennial Mills crib elevator, steel tanks, and warehouse.

2008 EWG Snow Scene

Photo by Joan Adler. Courtesy of John Howell.

February 2008

Former MRL SD45 375 and leased  MRL SD40-2 260 in the snow on the Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad. Former Operations Director Steve Gibson begins the work of "digging into" the cab of 375 at the Tramm Road crossing near Reardan, WA

Views Of The Eastern Washington Gateway

From April 15, 2008.

Looking down Road 36 NE into Coulee City at Odair.

Leased MRL 260.

NIWX 8925, an EMD SD45.

Getting ready to leave with a bunch of loaded hopper cars of wheat.

At the Pinto Ridge Road crossing.

Attacking the 1% grade at Odair.