Western Railroad Discussion > MRL 332 sold, moving west

MRL 332 has been sold to the Yakima Central Railroad apparently for grain service near Wallula, WA. It is moving in the consist of a Laurel-Pasco which should be out of Missoula this afternoon.

This is the EL SDP45 built for freight service and was rebuilt with an SD45-2 long hood after a derailment. It came to MRL in MPI paint with -2 electricals.

Yes, it is still a 20 cylinder 3600 hp road unit. MRL has applied a patch to lion MRL logo and added YCR reporting marks. The MRL paint is in generally good shape.

Loose the hounds!

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fbe Wrote:
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> MRL 332 has been sold to the Yakima Central
> Railroad apparently for grain service near
> Wallula, WA. It is moving in the consist of a
> Laurel-Pasco which should be out of Missoula this
> afternoon.
>
> This is the EL SDP45 built for freight service and
> was rebuilt with an SD45-2 long hood after a
> derailment. It came to MRL in MPI paint with -2
> electricals.
>
> Yes, it is still a 20 cylinder 3600 hp road unit.
> MRL has applied a patch to lion MRL logo and added
> YCR reporting marks. The MRL paint is in generally
> good shape.
>
> Loose the hounds!
>
> Posted from iPhone

It was rebuilt as a Dash 2 in 1974 all way around.  New cab, sub-base, short hood and electrical cabinet in addtion to the hood.  EMD supplied - installed by EL- Hornell (NY).

I hope it found a good home.

This sounds like it's going to a Frontier operation, most likely that feedlot grain unloading loop there at the Slaughterhouse in Wallula Heights.
 

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Ted -
Frontier's web site shows an operation in Burbank, WA, across the Snake River from Pasco. Would this be the same terminal as the one you mentioned?

EDIT: apparently going to Wallula, as mentioned.
2ND EDIT: Thanks Ted.... y'all see below.
Dave in Msla



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/16 16:03 by monaddave.

Frontier Rail's home office is in Burbank, WA. But they run a number of switching operations out of that office in Wallula (RailEx warehouse, Feed Lot), Boardman (Grain Loop, industries), and the Toppenish and White Swan rwy. Previous experiances with their employees has shown training is not very high on thier priorities list ("What rule book?!?").

Feed Lot Loop;
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=46.13313,-118.89818&z=16&t=H

Website;
http://frontierrail.com/

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/16 15:32 by funnelfan.

Agreed on Frontier's low cost provider business model:  training is a low priority.  Sometimes you get for what you pay for.    I have heard unpleasant things about their managerial ethics as well. 

Passage through Spokane Saturday confirmed.

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