Western Railroad Discussion > Spokane, Spangle & Palouse Rwy - Part 1

The Spokane, Spangle & Palouse Rwy has replaced the Washington & Idaho Rwy as the operator of the Washington State owned P&L railroad line (ex-NP). Monday was the first day of operations and I followed the train from Marshall to Rosalia, WA. I didn't chase a early morning run from Marshall to Whitman (storage yard north of Spangle) where they took 9 cars up the grade with the lone GP39-3M LTEX 3904, but around 11am they were ready to take more cars up the 1.77% maximum grade leaving Marshall. They did fine until crossing Anderson Rd and getting into some 6 and 7 degree curves were they stalled. After cutting off the last 10 cars they took the rest of the train to Whitman and returned to grab the remaining 10 cars. So far only the one locomotive is on the railroad, but more LTEX leasers are due shortly coming off lease from Omnitrax at Kettle Falls, WA

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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I took some 227 images, and have edited 20 of those images for posting. I will post more over the course of the week.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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Really nice shots.

randalerickson Wrote:
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> Really nice shots.

Amen!  Nice work, Ted!

Hopmere Hank

Ted, what is that signal for?

Thank you Ted.

Pretty operation and nice photos.  Doubling the hill---that's something you just don't see much of anymore.
Brian Stevens

Very nice choice of shots as is usual for you. I am headed that way tomorrow morning for a meeting in Pullman and plan to take some extra time to scout the route for future reference.

Thanks for a great visual Ted

BB in Spokane

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Very NICE and interesting series Ted, with lots of good looking scenery!

Larry

tomstp Wrote:
>> Ted, what is that signal for?>>

The "D" number plate denotes Distant Signal, as in an approach to the controlled signal in Marshall out on to the BNSF main. Been there for years. It conveys no track condition (trains, cars, broken rail, etc).
Dave in Msla 

Great pics!!

Nice shots. Beautiful country.

I hope they have more success with those locomotives than the KFR did. They came looking real nice with their new paint jobs, but it was more like lipstick on a pig. Numerous mechanical issues, weak power and dynamics.

very nice.  as usual for you, ted.

Thanks guys for all the wonderful comments. Makes all the time and effort in taking the photos, editing and posting them worthwhile.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR