Re: Railfan trip in late June to Spokane area. POVA
Author: Throttle Hogg
Date: 05-28-2012 - 17:13

EWG has migrated to a night operation out of Cheney, frequently meeting the Lind Turn in the late afternoon to take blocks of 36 hoppers out the line. Co-load moves have changed to three blocks of 36 cars as opposed to taking the whole 110 car train at once as they have in the past. EWG operates the Geiger Turn whenever steel loads or locomotive moves are needed on the line. If there are loads of steel sitting in Cheney, its a good bet that a turn will be running soon, and that is usually a daylight move. EWG has been leasing a second tunnel motor (ex-SSW I believe, in UP colors) and a former Utah Southern SD-40-2 as the 375 is laid up for a wheel change. Last time I checked the two tunnel motors are operating as a pair and the Utah Southern unit is teamed up with the 8924. As far as the W&I is concerned, I haven't seen the F-unit in quite some time, last I heard it was for sale. The construction of the grain loader near McCoy should be breaking ground any time, as an old house on the site has been torn down and heavy equipment has been accumulating on the site. Stakes have been placed where the tracks are to go. W&I has been getting loads of poles and lumber off of the former WI&M, and making a few trips all the way to Wilson (near Moscow) with loads of bulk fertilizer. W&I has been running on an anytime anywhere schedule, sometimes in Pullman in the middle of the night or on a weekend.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Railfan trip in late June to Spokane area. SP8100 05-27-2012 - 21:48
  Re: Railfan trip in late June to Spokane area. hepkema 05-28-2012 - 08:27
  Re: Railfan trip in late June to Spokane area. POVA L.A.Scrafford 05-28-2012 - 08:37
  Re: Railfan trip in late June to Spokane area. POVA Throttle Hogg 05-28-2012 - 17:13
  KFR S. Thomas 05-28-2012 - 19:21
  Re: POVA Bruce Kelly 05-28-2012 - 20:25
  Re: KFR Dale Jones 05-29-2012 - 05:13
  KFR doings Hoghead 1 06-01-2012 - 22:38
  Re: KFR doings S. Thomas 06-02-2012 - 09:24
  Re: Railfan trip in late June to Spokane area. POVA Spike 05-28-2012 - 20:37
  Re: Railfan trip in late June to Spokane area. POVA SDP45 05-29-2012 - 14:39
  Re: Railfan trip in late June to Spokane area. POVA KFR- Thanks Dale! 05-29-2012 - 16:27
  KFR S. Thomas 05-29-2012 - 16:28
  Spokane area - Kettle Falls Book Update Dale Jones 05-29-2012 - 18:08
  Wash & Idaho stacktalk2 05-30-2012 - 20:49
  Re: Wash & Idaho, Colfax and more Throttle Hogg 05-31-2012 - 13:28
  Re: Wash & Idaho, Colfax and more Dave Smith 06-02-2012 - 17:20
  Re: Wash & Idaho, Colfax and more F-9 06-02-2012 - 19:15
  Re: Railfan trip in late June to Spokane area. SP8100 06-11-2012 - 01:26


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