@ 7:55... wow those hoppers creaking and groaning and wobbling back and forth reminds me of my first time doing a roll by when i was first working a pool turn... i was actually shocked at how that junk stays upright and on the rail... it all looks so fragile when you watch it live and in person
I certainly love the fact we still have older EMD GP and SD9s in operation these days! Those ones you captured had some really good horns and paint schemes! Just like any other EMD, they age greatly.
@@CVisionProductions1 Mike had several other railroads, Washington and Idaho, Saint Marie’s, Dakota Southern-which I was a clerk for. He had several others-not sure currently how many but DSRC is now Watco’s Ringneck and Western. Washington and Idaho is now Omaha track.
Thank you for appreciating that moment in the video! 166 was always neat to catch, since it had that excellent RS5T. Being a former DMIR unit, we’d expect an old cast P5...
Hopefully you can catch the Columbia Basin RR on the other lines. They run trains from Warden, past Othello to Royal City Jct on the former Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension. The segment from Royal City Jct and the Moses Lake branch are also still in operation.
The CBRW is such a neat operation. We’d love to catch more of their operations on the Milwaukee side of things. The daylight jobs out of Warden were all working former NP trackage when we toured their system. Thank you, Stephen.
Yay good location I railfan most this area thank u make video guys I love these two short lines st marines river railroad gets early start come to the union pacific inchange and other railroad gets Lind at 11 clock mostly I know enginer oh this job dan Thompson makes his run look easy on different days they can pretty busy
If we ever head out that way again, we’ll let you know! The footage we are planning to use from your area is from previous trips, however. Just a matter of putting out more videos.
I like the fact that for a short line, the Railroad is in Farley good condition. Unlike some short lines where track speeds are 5 mph. At least these guys have good speeds.
Yes! The STMA is operating on the former Milwaukee Road mainline, so they inherited some fairly decent track. The line has heavy rail, and it looks to be in good shape. As for the CBRW, it was nice to see them rocking and rolling at 25 mph. They put on a great show for us. The Burlington Northern maintained these lines well, and it appears that CBRW is following suit. Thank you for the comment, P.J.
Ahh, yes. Pedee Trestle. That’s a really great spot to photograph the STMA, if you ever decide to make the trip out there... Thank you for the comment!
The Milwaukee mainline ran west from Plummer Idaho to Tekoe Washington, then across Washington thru Washtucna and Othello, crossed the Columbia River. Its mainline didn't go through Spokane IIRC.
That is correct. The Milwaukee’s freight main did not pass through Spokane. The Milwaukee’s passenger main branched off at Plummer, heading northwest towards Spokane. At Manito, Milwaukee Road trains entered Union Pacific trackage for the trip into Spokane. From Spokane, Milwaukee trains that needed to continue westward traveled another 61.2 miles back down to Marengo to reach home rails.
Yo dawg you should come to Benton City, WA they have a short line railroad that goes through Benton City, Prosser, Grandview, Sunnyside, and Granger (Including Yakima and Toppenish but they aren’t connected to the railroad due to them being with the BNSF yard) they are with CBRW as well trust me dawg
Thank you for the information! Yes, we wanted to cover that portion of the railroad, but never did. Maybe sometime in the future… It looks like some interesting trackage. We appreciate the comment!
@@CVisionProductions1 have you ever shot any of the southern raillink in BC they have a nice roster with a few older gp9s and some slugs, I've seen montana raillink in many of your videos but never seen SRY
That’s correct! There are actually quite a few sections of the Milwaukee still in place west of Miles City. You just have to know where to look. Thanks, MJ!
@ 7:55... wow those hoppers creaking and groaning and wobbling back and forth reminds me of my first time doing a roll by when i was first working a pool turn... i was actually shocked at how that junk stays upright and on the rail... it all looks so fragile when you watch it live and in person
Yes, that was a good example of some harmonic rock. Gotta keep those joints tamped up!
I certainly love the fact we still have older EMD GP and SD9s in operation these days!
Those ones you captured had some really good horns and paint schemes!
Just like any other EMD, they age greatly.
Thank you, Alik! Yes, these units are treasures. They still sound and look great! We appreciate you watching.
I love that you guys do alot of videos of short line railroads operating on fallen flag trackage. And the vintage emd power is the icing on the cake.
Thank you, Arthur! Those are some of the coolest operations out there, in our opinion. You’ll see more of them from us in the future.
I was the clerk/revenue manager for the STMA for a few years, I worked out of SD but did get to visit the property.
Very cool! Didn’t know that you guys were based in South Dakota. Mike Williams has an interesting operation going.
@@CVisionProductions1 Mike had several other railroads, Washington and Idaho, Saint Marie’s, Dakota Southern-which I was a clerk for. He had several others-not sure currently how many but DSRC is now Watco’s Ringneck and Western. Washington and Idaho is now Omaha track.
Good information. Thank you for passing it along. Lots of changes in shortline ownership during the past few years...
I saw a train in downtown today ci vision. It was Conductor Andrew with a friendly wave hopefully you guys see him on the all orange rcpe.
That moment at 17:17 was super cool with the RS5T, I did not know they had one of those. Thanks for posting this!
Thank you for appreciating that moment in the video! 166 was always neat to catch, since it had that excellent RS5T. Being a former DMIR unit, we’d expect an old cast P5...
Hopefully you can catch the Columbia Basin RR on the other lines. They run trains from Warden, past Othello to Royal City Jct on the former Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension. The segment from Royal City Jct and the Moses Lake branch are also still in operation.
The CBRW is such a neat operation. We’d love to catch more of their operations on the Milwaukee side of things. The daylight jobs out of Warden were all working former NP trackage when we toured their system. Thank you, Stephen.
I loved the footage of old EMD locomotives. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for watching! We appreciate the kind words.
Great viedo! Very nice to see lots of reefer cars.
Thank you very much! We loved seeing those reefers as well. Not common for a shortline.
Yay good location I railfan most this area thank u make video guys I love these two short lines st marines river railroad gets early start come to the union pacific inchange and other railroad gets Lind at 11 clock mostly I know enginer oh this job dan Thompson makes his run look easy on different days they can pretty busy
We hoped you’d like this one, considering that it’s in your area. More to come from Washington in the future! Thanks for watching.
@@CVisionProductions1 your welcome can come next video make I love be one explan the area
If we ever head out that way again, we’ll let you know! The footage we are planning to use from your area is from previous trips, however. Just a matter of putting out more videos.
@@CVisionProductions1 oh yeah that's right
I like the fact that for a short line, the Railroad is in Farley good condition. Unlike some short lines where track speeds are 5 mph.
At least these guys have good speeds.
Yes! The STMA is operating on the former Milwaukee Road mainline, so they inherited some fairly decent track. The line has heavy rail, and it looks to be in good shape. As for the CBRW, it was nice to see them rocking and rolling at 25 mph. They put on a great show for us. The Burlington Northern maintained these lines well, and it appears that CBRW is following suit. Thank you for the comment, P.J.
Awesome presentation with some amazing power & spots! My favorite spot was around 3:48, LOVE that!
Ahh, yes. Pedee Trestle. That’s a really great spot to photograph the STMA, if you ever decide to make the trip out there... Thank you for the comment!
Wow this is cool. I love the sd9 and gp 9 working on short lines that pretty cool.
Thank you, Paul! Glad that you enjoy first-generation EMDs as much as we do!
It’s cool seeing those older units still in use today. Love the scenery, great video! 👍🏻🎥💯
Thank you so much, Brandon! Glad that you enjoyed the video. It was a fun one to produce.
@@CVisionProductions1 you’re welcome! 😉
The Milwaukee mainline ran west from Plummer Idaho to Tekoe Washington, then across Washington thru Washtucna and Othello, crossed the Columbia River. Its mainline didn't go through Spokane IIRC.
That is correct. The Milwaukee’s freight main did not pass through Spokane. The Milwaukee’s passenger main branched off at Plummer, heading northwest towards Spokane. At Manito, Milwaukee Road trains entered Union Pacific trackage for the trip into Spokane. From Spokane, Milwaukee trains that needed to continue westward traveled another 61.2 miles back down to Marengo to reach home rails.
Yo dawg you should come to Benton City, WA they have a short line railroad that goes through Benton City, Prosser, Grandview, Sunnyside, and Granger (Including Yakima and Toppenish but they aren’t connected to the railroad due to them being with the BNSF yard) they are with CBRW as well trust me dawg
Thank you for the information! Yes, we wanted to cover that portion of the railroad, but never did. Maybe sometime in the future… It looks like some interesting trackage. We appreciate the comment!
Nice video
Thank you very much!
Keep up the good work, too bad there arent many sd24s or any sd26s left those would be an awesome sight to see.
Thank you, David! And we agree, SD24s and SD26s were very neat units. Rare models too!
@@CVisionProductions1 have you ever shot any of the southern raillink in BC they have a nice roster with a few older gp9s and some slugs, I've seen montana raillink in many of your videos but never seen SRY
We haven’t, but we would love to!
@@CVisionProductions1 it would make for some great footage, they interchange with CP and CN. I'll keep my eye out for it in the future.
I like these classic EMD workhorses, even though I prefer ALCo diesels, Chris! Not all of the Milwaukee Road west of Miles City, MT was scrapped.
That’s correct! There are actually quite a few sections of the Milwaukee still in place west of Miles City. You just have to know where to look. Thanks, MJ!
I noticed the old Washington central locomotive
Yep! 302 is still earning its keep on CBRW. Neat unit, for sure.
Seems odd that a small string of CSX/Family Lines hoppers are all the way out in Washington.🤔
They are! That phosphate out of Florida’s Bone Valley must be high quality stuff...
For the orange RCPE Movie did u guys rec 3460 or 3420 For RCHU Or HURC
There will be a few scenes of 3420.
Will there be a scene of RCPE at pressler junction
Probably not. There was a scene there in the original video.
I don't. See anything ancient about these beautiful girls.
They seem to be very well maintained. Hopefully they’ll be around for many more years.
"Ancient?" That's like, your opinion. Man.
Hopefully the locomotives aren’t offended that we called them that.
Hater 😂
Nice video
Thank you!!! Hopefully you find it interesting.