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Palouse River & Coluee City Railroad

Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad - PCC

Route:
Cheney - Coulee City, WA (107.8 miles) ~~~ [ex-BN/NP]
Marshall - Rosalia - Palouse - Pullman, WA - WA/ID border - Moscow, ID - Arrow (86.9 miles) ~~~ [ex-BN/NP]
Palouse, WA - WA/ID border - Potlatch, ID - Harvard - Bovill(47 miles) ~~~ [ex-BN/MILW/WI&M]
Wallula Jct - Walla Walla - Craik, WA (34.9 miles) ~~~ [ex-BLMR/UP]
Wallula Jct - Hooper Jct, WA (UP trackage rights)
Hooper Jct - Winona - Colfax - Pullman, WA - Moscow, ID (81.4 miles) ~~~ [ex-BLMR/UP]
Weston, OR - Walla Walla, WA - Dayton (64.8 miles) ~~~ [ex-BLMR/UP]
Winona - Thornton, WA (31.7 miles) ~~~ [ex-BLMR/UP]
Arlington - Gilliam, OR (11.5 miles) ~~~ [ex-UP]
Headquarters:
Rosalia, WA
Junctions with other railroads:
BNSF: Cheney & Marshall, WA
UP: Hooper Jct & Wallula Jct, WA
STMA: Bovill, ID
CSP: Arrow, ID
Radio frequencies:
160.785, 160.845, 161.250
History:
Lines sold to PCC by BNSF in September 1996.
Arrow line south of Moscow (embargoed by BN c.1983) scrapped in summer of 1997.
BLMR merged into PCC on July 7, 2000.
Acquired Arlington-Gilliam line from UP in August 2003.
Cheney - Coulee City line (CW Branch) sold to State of Washington DOT on February 14, 2007.
Operation of CW Branch taken over by Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad on June 1, 2007.
Operation of Marshall - Palouse - Pullman - WA/ID border and Palouse - WA/ID border transferred to Washington & Idaho Railway on June 1, 2007.
Operation of Wallula Jct - Walla Walla - Weston,OR transferred to Columbia & Walla Walla RR in 2019.
Ownership:
Watco Companies
Roster:
Unit Bldr. Model B/N F/N B/D History Acq. Ret. Notes
WATX 6 EMD/ATSF CF7 17935 6466-A3 03/1953 ex ATSF 2633; nee ATSF F7A ATSF 312L:2 scrapped
WAMX 302:2 EMD NPCU 28155 7643-48 5/1963 ex GRNW/WAMX 302:2; ex WAMX 3009; ex ISCX 3005; ex OHCR 3005; ex CR 2247; ex PC 2247; nee PRR 2247 to EIRR/WAMX 302:2; to ????
WAMX 303 EMD NPCU 28885 7695-51 3/1964 ex WAMX GP35 3527; ex ISCX 6570; ex SP 6570; nee SP 7458 to GRNW/WAMX 303; scrapped 2010
BAR 360 EMD GP38-3 33201 7059-3 9/1967 ex BAR 360; ex BAR GP38 88 to BVRR/WAMX 3821
BLMR 784 EMD GP35 28400 7662-3 11/1963 ex BLMR 784; ex UP 784; nee WP 3003 2000 2004 to GRNW/BLMR 784, 2004; to BVRR/WAMX 3502
BLMR 790 EMD GP35 28407 7662-10 11/1963 ex BLMR 790; ex UP 790; nee WP 3010 2000 2004 wrecked, 2004; scrapped, 2005
BLMR 792 EMD GP35 30217 7790-1 4/1965 ex BLMR 792; ex UP 792; nee WP 3013 2000 to PSRR/WAMX 3509; to Ventura Foods/WAMX 3509; to EJSR/WAMX 3509
BLMR 799 EMD GP35 30226 7790-10 4/1965 ex BLMR 799; ex UP 799; nee WP 3022 2000 to PSRR/WAMX 3513; to AUT/WAMX 3513
HLCX 1012 EMD SW1500 4608-29 4608-29 4/1972 ex HLCX 1012; ex UP Y1012; ex UP 1012; nee SP 2619 to MMT/HLCX 1012; to MMT/WAMX 1501; to Georgia Pacific/WAMX 1501 (Toledo,OR); to Ventura Foods/WAMX 1501
HLCX 1016 EMD SW1500 73603-1 73603-1 10/1973 ex HLCX 1016; ex UP 1016; ex NS 80; ex SOU 80, 1982; nee KIT 80 2004 to GRNW/HLCX 1016; to GRNW/WAMX 1505
WAMX 1521 EMD SW1500 7355-2 7355-2 2/1972 ex PCC/LLPX 179; ex LLPX 179; ex CSX 1070; ex CR 9511; nee PC 9511 to PCA/WAMX 1521 (Wallula,WA)
2268 EMD GP35 29017 7713-17 5/1964 ex CR 2268; ex PC 2268; nee PRR 2268 1996 to Ventura Foods/WAMX 3514; to WRIX 3514; to JLCX GP38-3 3000; to LCRI/JLCX 3000
2357 EMD GP35 30374 7793-47 3/1965 ex CR 2357; ex PC 2357; nee PRR 2357 1996 2004 to GRNW/PCC 2357, 2004; 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 BLMR 2606; ex WATX 7; ex ATSF 2606; nee ATSF F7A 220C 2000 to GRNW/BLMR 2606; scrapped
WAMX 3021 EMD GP30m 28411 7663-2 8/1963 ex PCC 4212; ex CSXT 4212; nee CO 3017 1996 to YSVR/WAMX 3021; to SRRR/WAMX 3021; to GP/WAMX 3021 (Toledo,OR)
WAMX 3023 EMD GP30 28114 7643-7 3/1963 ex PCC 3004; ex ISCX 3004; ex OHCR 3004; ex CR 2206; ex PC 2206; nee PRR 2206 to PCA/WAMX 3023 (Wallula,WA)
WAMX 3516 EMD GP35 30370 7793-43 3/1965 ex PCC 2353; ex CR 2353; ex PC 2353; nee PRR 2353 1996 to SRRR/WAMX 3516; to Georgia-Pacific/WAMX 3516 (Toledo,OR)
WAMX 3523 EMD GP35 29584 7721-26 8/1964 ex PCC 3651; ex CSP 3651; ex Midwest Metallics; ex CR 3651; nee RDG 3651 1996 to GRNW/WAMX 3523
WAMX 3828 EMD GP38-3 33050 7980-1 3/1967 ex PCC/BAR 357; ex GRNW/BAR 357; ex BAR 357; ex BAR GP38 83 to BVRR/WAMX 3828
WAMX 3917 EMD GP39M 30191 7808-21 11/1965 ex BNSF 2872; ex BN 2872; ex SP GP35 6679; nee SP 7782 2019 to BVRR/WAMX 3917
WAMX 3920 EMD GP39V 29385 7736-14 7/1964 ex BNSF 2963; ex BN 2963; nee BO 3553 to GRNW/WAMX 3920
WAMX 4013 GMD GP40-2LW A3062 8/1974 ex CN 9484 to YSVR/WAMX 4013; to GNWR/WAMX 4013
WAMX 4016 GMD GP40-2LW A3169 1975 ex GRNW/WAMX 4016; ex EIRR/WAMX 4016, 2004; ex EIRR/WAMX 9534; nee CN 9534 2019 to GRNW/WAMX 4016; to EIRR/WAMX 4016, 2021; to BVRR/WAMX 4016, 2021
WAMX 4018 GMD GP40-2LW A3222 5/1975ex WAMX 9587; nee CN 9587 2005 to GRNW/WAMX 4018; to EIRR/WAMX 4018, 2021; to BVRR/WAMX 4018, 2021
WAMX 4030 GMD GP40-2LW A3174 2/1975 ex PRSX 9539; nee CN 9539 to EIRR/WAMX 4030; to SVHO/WAMX 4030
WAMX 4043 EMD GP40 33494 7064-4 10/1967 ex EIRR/WAMX 4043; ex HLCX 4407; ex HLCX 654; ex AMTK 654; ex KYLE 3116; ex CR 3083; ex PC 3083; nee NYC 3083
WAMX 4046 EMD GP40 33501 7064-11 10/1967 ex EIRR/WAMX 4046; ex HLCX 4414; ex HLCX 655; ex AMTK 655; ex KYLE 3117; ex CR 3090; ex PC 3090; nee NYC 3090
SKOL 4109 EMD GP30 27797 5635-10 5/1962 ex SKOL 4109; ex KCS 4109; nee KCS 109 1996 2004 wrecked, 2004; scrapped, 2005
4204 EMD GP30m 27588 7627-5 12/1962 ex CSXT 4204; nee CO 3006 1996 to WIR 20
4229 EMD GP30m 28515 7663-24 9/1963 ex PCC/EIRR 4229; ex EIRR 4229; ex CSXT 4229; nee CO 3039 1996 to BVRR/WAMX 3525
WAMX 5012 EMD GP50 786257-46 786257-46 9/1980 ex LAS/WAMX 5012; ex FURX 2945; ex UP 5540; ex UP 931; nee CNW 5095
WAMX 9564 GMD GP40-2LW A3199 3/1975 ex EIRR/WAMX 9564; ex CN 9564 to KO/WAMX 4017; to GDLK/WAMX 4017

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Last updated: Aug. 04, 2024