Columbia Basin Railroad SD9 Nos. 608 and 171 switch cars in the small yard along Wheeler Road between Moses Lake and Wheeler, Washington, on September 29, 2021.

Bound for the interchange with BNSF at Connell, Columbia Basin Railroad’s turn out of Warden powered by a pair of EMD SD9s, rolls southbound past milepost 173 approaching Koren, Washington, on S... (more)

After spending a good part of the day out of Wheeler, switching industries on the southeast side of Mosses Lake, Columbia Basin Railroad’s Wheeler to Warden freight passes milepost 153 between R... (more)

Columbia Basin Railroad’s southbound Connell turn is north of Bruce, Washington and is about to cross the Herman Road grade crossing on September 28, 2021. CBRW No. 608 is a former Montana Rail ... (more)

Columbia Basin Railroad’s turn to the BNSF connection at Connell has begun its return trip and is just clearing Moon Road grade crossing between Connell and Frischknecht, Washington, on the afte... (more)

As a Columbia Basin Railroad freight departs Wheeler, Washington, it passes an old Northern Pacific water tank that is still located along the right-of-way of the CBRW on the afternoon of Septembe... (more)

Amlbing past a seemingly abandoned elevator on the outskirts of Bruce, WA, the CBRW's Connell Turn is close to their namesake and interchange with the waiting BNSF. I was honestly pretty disappoin... (more)

While I found the CBRW to be an interesting railroad, there isn't much to be had in the way of scenery. Luckily the power more than makes up for it. While the #12 has a fascinating history, coming... (more)

On my way to see Dead & Company at the Gorge Amphitheater, i had to make a slight detour to check out the vintage EMD power of the Columbia Basin Railroad.

No work to be done at Bruce today, so the Connell Turn continues through the yard on its way to hand off a cargo of potatoes, onions and miscellaneous from Warden to the BNSF in Connell, Washingto... (more)

Columbia Basin RR's Connell Turn is about to duck under HWY 26 at the Koren, Washington elevator on its way south with a cargo of potatoes and onions in the refer string.

Columbia Basin Railroad's Wheeler job crosses the irrigation canal on the north edge of town in the morning led by former MRL SD19 #652 and former Washington Central GP9 #302

A couple of 50-something year-old SD9's snake through an ess curve south of Warden and down a former NP branch line with potatoes and onions and empty cars to interchange with the BNSF at Connell,... (more)