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Great Northwest Railroad

Great Northwest Railroad - GRNW

Route:
Ayer Jct - Riparia, WA (via trackage rights on UP)
Riparia, WA - Lewiston, ID (70.5 miles)
Lewiston - Spalding - Orofino - Kooskia, ID (74.5 miles)
Orofino - Konkolville - Revling, ID (31.0 miles)
Headquarters:
Lewiston, ID
Junctions with other railroads:
BGCM: Lewiston, ID
BNSF & UP: Ayer Jct, WA
Radio frequencies:
161.250 Road Lewiston east
161.100 Yard switching
History:
Began operation of the former Camas Prairie RailNet under Watco ownership as Great Northwest Railroad on March 4, 2004.
GRNW filed on July 14, 2004 to abandon 27.5 miles of railway between Konkolville and Revling, ID.
Operations of track east of Lewiston taken over by Bountiful Grain & Craig Mountain Railroad on June 13, 2005.
Ownership:
Watco Companies
Roster:
Unit Bldr. Model B/N F/N B/D History Acq. Ret. Notes
LLPX 214 EMD SW1500 73622-2 73622-2 9/1973 ex LLPX 214; ex CR 9561; nee PC 9561 to GMTX 117
WAMX 302:2 EMD NPCU 28155 7643-48 5/1963 ex WAMX 3009; ex ISCX 3005; ex OHCR 3005; ex CR 2247; ex PC 2247; nee PRR 2247 to PCC/WAMX 302:2; to EIRR/WAMX 302:2; to ????
WAMX 303 EMD NPCU 28885 7695-51 3/1964 ex PCC/WAMX 303; ex WAMX GP35 3527; ex ISCX 6570; ex SP 6570; nee SP 7458 scrapped 2010
357 EMD GP38-3 33050 7980-1 3/1967 ex BAR GP38-3 357, c1996; nee BAR 83 to PCC/BAR 357; to PCC/WAMX 3828; to BVRR/WAMX 3828
BLMR 784 EMD GP35 28400 7662-3 11/1963 ex PCC/BLMR 784, 2000; ex BLMR 784, 1992; ex UP 784; nee WP 3003 2004 to BVRR/WAMX 3502
WAMX 1214 EMD SW1200 20321 4290-2 7/1955 ex TANX 187; ex BN 187; nee NP 128 to MMT/WAMX 1214; to display Kalispell,MT
WAMX 1505 EMD SW1500 73603-1 73603-1 10/1973 ex GRNW/HLCX 1016; ex PCC/HLCX 1016; ex UP 1016; ex NS 80; ex NS 80; nee KIT 80
WAMX 1598 EMD MP15AC 75625-10 75625-10 9/1975 ex MMT/WAMX 1598; ex WSOR/WAMX 1598; ex WSOR 1502; ex SOO 1541; nee MILW 475 2020
PCC 2357 EMD GP35 30374 7793-47 3/1965 ex PCC 2357, 1996; ex CR 2357; ex PC 2357; nee PRR 2357 2004 c2005 to MMT/PCC 2357; to MMT/WAMX 3517; to FTRX 3517; to TPLX 3517; to JBC/TPLX 3517
BLMR 2606 EMD/ATSF CF7 8927 E1234-A8 12/1949 ex PCC/BLMR 2606, 2000; ex BLMR 2606; ex WATX 7; ex ATSF 2606; nee ATSF F7 220C scrapped
WAMX 3523 EMD GP35 29584 7721-26 8/1964 ex PCC/WAMX 3523; ex PCC 3651; ex CSP 3651; ex Midwest Metallics; ex CR 3651; nee RDG 3651 1996
WAMX 3920 EMD GP39V 29385 7736-14 7/1964 ex PCC/WAMX 3920; ex BNSF 2963; ex BN 2963; nee BO 3553 2019
WAMX 4013 GMD GP40-2LW A3062 8/1974 ex YSVR/WAMX 4013; ex PCC/WAMX 4013; nee CN 9484
WAMX 4016 GMD GP40-2LW A3169 1975 ex PCC/WAMX 4016; ex GRNW/WAMX 4016; ex EIRR/WAMX 4016, 2004; ex EIRR/WAMX 9534; nee CN 9534 2005 2021 to EIRR/WAMX 4016, 2021; to BVRR/WAMX 4016, 2021
WAMX 4018 GMD GP40-2LW A3222 1975 ex PCC/WAMX 4018; ex WAMX 9587; nee CN 9587 2005 2021 to EIRR/WAMX 4018, 2021; to BVRR/WAMX 4018, 2021
WAMX 4030 GMD GP40-2LW A3174 1975 ex WAMX 9539; nee CN 9539 b2007 2019 to SVHO/WAMX 4030
WAMX 4230 GMD SD40-2 A3803 9/1979 ex AWRR/WAMX 4230; ex HLCX 7201; ex BNSF 7201; nee BN 7201
WAMX 4233 EMD SD40-2 33168 7998-8 5/1967 ex AWRR/WAMX 4233; ex FURX 3041; ex EMDX SD40 6410; ex CR 6292; ex CNJ 3068; nee BO 7489 scrapped 2023
WAMX 7108 ATSF/EMD CF7 7759 E1095-A14 9/1949 ex WATX 1002; ex SEKR 1002; ex ATSF; ex ATSF F7A 208C b2006 scrapped

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Last updated: April 21, 2024