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Viewing Album:  W&I Highball Garfield to Oakesdale
 
By:Maddie Farnsworth
Dates:8/26/2011 - 8/26/2011
Album Info:A few pictures of the Washington and Idaho, on a run between Garfield WA and Oakesdale WA.
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Between the trees
Title:  Between the trees
Description:  #20 and its train heading north.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:26:22 PM
Location:  Garfield, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Short trestle
Title:  Short trestle
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:28:31 PM
Location:  Garfield, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Crossing WA 27
Title:  Crossing WA 27
Description:  Crossing State Highway 27
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:30:22 PM
Location:  Garfield, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
California St crossing
Title:  California St crossing
Description:  Garfield is odd, in that the main highway only has crosbucks, but here a side street that ends just after the crossing has lights and a bell!
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:32:37 PM
Location:  Garfield, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
Storage cars
Title:  Storage cars
Description:  No grain being loaded here, only storage cars occupy the siding as #20 charges north.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:33:53 PM
Location:  Garfield, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Overhead
Title:  Overhead
Description:  I included this shot because it was interesting, but it didnt turn out as good as I had hoped.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:34:53 PM
Location:  Garfield, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
Eden WA
Title:  Eden WA
Description:  A shot to show some of the beautiful countryside in the Palouse region.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:36:22 PM
Location:  Eden, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
Newly plowed field
Title:  Newly plowed field
Description:  #20 heads uphill past a newly plowed field.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:37:17 PM
Location:  Eden, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  759   Comments: 8
New look for the #20!
Title:  New look for the #20!
Description:  #20 used to have white patches on the sides. These were recently joined to be a stripe around the back.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:38:18 PM
Location:  Eden, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
Midtrain GP30.
Title:  Midtrain GP30.
Description:  The train had to pick up some storage tank cars in Belmont and bring them north. Track work on the siding necessitated a shove move north, with the unit on the middle of its train.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:40:01 PM
Location:  Belmont, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
Commerce on the Palouse
Title:  Commerce on the Palouse
Description:  The train passes combines busy harvesting wheat.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:41:41 PM
Location:  Belmont, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Just chilling.
Title:  Just chilling.
Description:  The conductor was required to ride shove, but nobody told him he couldn't relax a bit.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:43:50 PM
Location:  Belmont, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Push/pull
Title:  Push/pull
Description:  Here is a true push/pull movement!
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:44:25 PM
Location:  Belmont, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
Almost done
Title:  Almost done
Description:  The shove move is almost over, as #20 nears a useable siding.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:45:54 PM
Location:  Oakesdale, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  222   Comments: 1
A new look for the #20
Title:  A new look for the #20
Description:  Here is a better view of the patches that became a stripe.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:47:42 PM
Location:  Oakesdale, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
Ex UP main
Title:  Ex UP main
Description:  This unassuming piece of track used to be the Hinkle OR Spokane WA UP mainline. That was before Joso bridge was built. After Joso, this line became a branchline, eventually being torn out in hte late 80s, with segments in towns (such as this piece here) renaming as industrial spurs.
Photo Date:  8/26/2011  Upload Date: 8/31/2011 2:49:47 PM
Location:  Oakesdale, WA
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  212   Comments: 0

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