@ 7:55... wow those hoppers creaking and groaning and wobbling back and forth reminds me of my first time doing a roll by when i was first working a pool turn... i was actually shocked at how that junk stays upright and on the rail... it all looks so fragile when you watch it live and in person
I certainly love the fact we still have older EMD GP and SD9s in operation these days! Those ones you captured had some really good horns and paint schemes! Just like any other EMD, they age greatly.
@@CVisionProductions1 Mike had several other railroads, Washington and Idaho, Saint Marie’s, Dakota Southern-which I was a clerk for. He had several others-not sure currently how many but DSRC is now Watco’s Ringneck and Western. Washington and Idaho is now Omaha track.
Hopefully you can catch the Columbia Basin RR on the other lines. They run trains from Warden, past Othello to Royal City Jct on the former Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension. The segment from Royal City Jct and the Moses Lake branch are also still in operation.
The CBRW is such a neat operation. We’d love to catch more of their operations on the Milwaukee side of things. The daylight jobs out of Warden were all working former NP trackage when we toured their system. Thank you, Stephen.
Thank you for appreciating that moment in the video! 166 was always neat to catch, since it had that excellent RS5T. Being a former DMIR unit, we’d expect an old cast P5...
Yay good location I railfan most this area thank u make video guys I love these two short lines st marines river railroad gets early start come to the union pacific inchange and other railroad gets Lind at 11 clock mostly I know enginer oh this job dan Thompson makes his run look easy on different days they can pretty busy
If we ever head out that way again, we’ll let you know! The footage we are planning to use from your area is from previous trips, however. Just a matter of putting out more videos.
I like the fact that for a short line, the Railroad is in Farley good condition. Unlike some short lines where track speeds are 5 mph. At least these guys have good speeds.
Yes! The STMA is operating on the former Milwaukee Road mainline, so they inherited some fairly decent track. The line has heavy rail, and it looks to be in good shape. As for the CBRW, it was nice to see them rocking and rolling at 25 mph. They put on a great show for us. The Burlington Northern maintained these lines well, and it appears that CBRW is following suit. Thank you for the comment, P.J.
Yo dawg you should come to Benton City, WA they have a short line railroad that goes through Benton City, Prosser, Grandview, Sunnyside, and Granger (Including Yakima and Toppenish but they aren’t connected to the railroad due to them being with the BNSF yard) they are with CBRW as well trust me dawg
Thank you for the information! Yes, we wanted to cover that portion of the railroad, but never did. Maybe sometime in the future… It looks like some interesting trackage. We appreciate the comment!
The Milwaukee mainline ran west from Plummer Idaho to Tekoe Washington, then across Washington thru Washtucna and Othello, crossed the Columbia River. Its mainline didn't go through Spokane IIRC.
That is correct. The Milwaukee’s freight main did not pass through Spokane. The Milwaukee’s passenger main branched off at Plummer, heading northwest towards Spokane. At Manito, Milwaukee Road trains entered Union Pacific trackage for the trip into Spokane. From Spokane, Milwaukee trains that needed to continue westward traveled another 61.2 miles back down to Marengo to reach home rails.
Ahh, yes. Pedee Trestle. That’s a really great spot to photograph the STMA, if you ever decide to make the trip out there... Thank you for the comment!
@@CVisionProductions1 have you ever shot any of the southern raillink in BC they have a nice roster with a few older gp9s and some slugs, I've seen montana raillink in many of your videos but never seen SRY
That’s correct! There are actually quite a few sections of the Milwaukee still in place west of Miles City. You just have to know where to look. Thanks, MJ!
