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Blue Mountain Railroad #784 and #790 in Walla Walla. John Henderson photo, Jeff Moore collection.


Blue Mountain Railroad's locomotives in Dayton, Washington, on 6 October 1994. Keith E. Ardinger photo.


Blue Mountain Railroad #784 and #790 at Bolles, Washington, on 6 October 1994. Keith E. Ardinger photo.


Added May 2026. Another shot of Blue Mountain Railroad #784 and #790 on 6 October 1994. Keith E. Ardinger photo.


Blue Mountain Railroad #790 in Walla Walla in October 1994. Keith E. Ardinger photo.


Blue Mountain Railroad #790 and #784 in Walla Walla on 28 October 1994. Keith E. Ardinger photo.


Blue Mountain Railroad #790 at Reese, Washington, in 1996. Keith E. Ardinger photo.


Added May 2026. Blue Mountain Railroad #784 getting some mechanica attention. John Henderson photo, Jeff Moore collection.


Blue Mountain Railroad #799 at Colfax, Washington, on 23 May 1995, wearing the then more traditional Watco black and orange colors on the railroad's northern operations. Keith E. Ardinger photo.


John Henderson captures the following images of a Blue Mountain train rolling through country typical of northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington. Jeff Moore collection.









Watco also holds a contract to switch the giant pulp and paper mill at Wallula, adjacent to the yard where the Blue Mountain Railroad and successors interchange traffic with the Class 1 carriers. Some of the Watco power used to switch the plants carried Blue Mountain Railroad lettering, including CF-7 #2606, seen here in Wallula on 20 April 1998. Keith E. Ardinger photo.