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Date: 06/03/20 19:40
Some Red in the Basin
Author: funnelfan

Followed the Columbia Basin Railway's Connell Turn into and back out of Connell on Tuesday. They had a pair of SD9's and 18 cars going into Connell and brought back 30 cars. As they were pulling clear of the yard lead at Connell to back the cars into the yard for interchange, the Z-CHCPTL overtook the train.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR



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Date: 06/03/20 20:24
Re: Some Red in the Basin
Author: bmarti7

Nice shots Ted.

BB

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Date: 06/03/20 22:13
Re: Some Red in the Basin
Author: Ritzville

Very NICE Ted!

Larry

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Date: 06/03/20 22:16
Re: Some Red in the Basin
Author: OmahaTom

Neat paint scheme.

Tom Loftus
Omaha, NE

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Date: 06/04/20 08:55
Re: Some Red in the Basin
Author: SN711

Those Eastern Washington Out on the prairie shots are always great.

Gary

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Date: 06/04/20 12:23
Re: Some Red in the Basin
Author: Gateway97

Great shots! Columbia Basin has a sharp scheme and operates through some awesome scenery. 

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Date: 06/04/20 14:11
Re: Some Red in the Basin
Author: exprail

Beautiful pix of a nice railroad. Looks like BNSF is still participating in moving perishables...likely, frozen potatoes?

Small railroads like this which can generate 20 or more cars at a time for interchange are the ones that have good relations and revenue streams with the Class 1 carriers. Small roads with less cars are always "behind the gun" to stay alive. 

Thanks for posting these shots.

Exprail

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Date: 06/04/20 14:45
Re: Some Red in the Basin
Author: TheNavigator

Always nice to see shots from the Palouse; congrats on IOTD.
GK

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Date: 06/04/20 20:07
Re: Some Red in the Basin
Author: coach

Wow--lots of BNSF and UP reefers moving here.  Frozen potatoes, or fresh fruit / frozen fruit products??  Great to see.

Meanwhile, behind our truck yard in Newark, CA (SF Bay Area), UP has tons of stored reefers--all the new ones.  Salinas Valley and Watsonville aren't far away---the 2 places that generate HUGE amounts of reefer traffic (for trucks these days...).

Coach

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