PCC Shortline

Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad – PCC

Article on the PCC Railroad

Routes:

  • Cheney – Coulee City, WA (107.8 miles) ~~~ [ex-BN/NP]
  • Marshall – Rosalia – Palouse – Pullman, WA – Moscow, ID – (86.9 miles) ~~~ [ex- BN/NP]
  • Palouse, WA – Harvard, ID (20.2 miles) ~~~ [ex-BN/WI&M]
  • Wallula Jct – Walla Walla – Craik, WA (34.9 miles) ~~~ [ex-BLMR/UP]
  • Weston, OR – Walla Walla, WA – Dayton (64.8 miles) ~~~ [ex-BLMR/UP]
  • Hooper Jct – Winona – Colfax – Pullman, WA – Moscow, ID (81.4 miles) ~~~ [ex-BLMR/UP]
  • Winona – Thornton, WA (31.7 miles) ~~~ [ex-BLMR/UP]
  • Arlington – Gilliam, OR (11.5 miles) ~~~ [ex-UP/OWR&N]

Headquarters:

  • Lewiston, WA

Junctions with other railroads:

  • BNSF: Cheney, Marshall and Wallula Jct WA
  • UP: Hooper Jct, WA, Wallula Jct, WA, and Arlington, OR
  • 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.
  • The Marshall-Pullman section, the Hooper Jct.-Pullman line, and the Winona-Thornton section were sold to the Washington State Department of Transportation in November 2004.

Ownership:

Watco (Webb Family)

Roster:

Unit Bldr. Model B/D B/N F/N History Acq. Ret. Notes
784 EMD GP35 1963 28400 7662-3 ex-BLMR 784; exx-UP 784; neeWP 3003 2000 2004 to GRNW in 04
790 EMD GP35 1963 28407 7662-10 ex-BLMR 790; exx-UP 790; neeWP 3010 2000 2004 wrecked 1/04
792 EMD GP35 1965 30217 7790-1 ex-BLMR 792; exx-UP 792; neeWP 3013 2000 - in service
799 EMD GP35 1965 30226 7790-10 ex-BLMR 799; exx-UP 799; neeWP 3022 2000 - in service
2268 EMD GP35 1964 29017 7713-17 ex-CR 2268; exx-PC 2268; neePRR 2268 1996 - in service
2353 EMD GP35 1965 30370 7793-43 ex-CR 2353; exx-PC 2353; neePRR 2353 1996 - in service
2357 EMD GP35 1965 30374 7793-47 ex-CR 2357; exx-PC 2357; neePRR 2357 1996 - in service
2606 EMD CF7 1949 5924 E1234-A8 ex-BLMR 2606; exx-WATX 7; exxx-ATSF 2606 (was R/B from an F7A) exxxx-ATSF
220C F7A		 2000 - in service
3004 EMD GP30 1963 28114 7643-7 ex-ISCX 3004; exx-OHCR 2004; exxx-CR 2206 1996 - in service
3651 EMD GP35 1964 29584 7721-26 ex-CR 3651; neeRDG 3651 1996 - in service
4109 EMD GP30 1962 27797 5635-10 ex-SKOL 4109; ex-KCS 4109; neeKCS 109 1996 2004 wrecked 1/04
4204 EMD GP30m 1962 27588 7627-5 ex-CSXT 4204; neeCO 3006 1996 - in service
4212 EMD GP30m 1963 28411 7663-2 ex-CSXT 4212; neeCO 3017 1996 - in service
4229 EMD GP30m 1963 28515 7663-24 ex-CSXT 4229; neeCO 3039 1996 - in service

Explanations:

  • B/D – Builder’s Date
  • B/N – Builder’s Number
  • F/N – Frame Number
  • Acq. – Year unit acquired
  • Ret. – Year unit retired

A big thanks to Western Shortline Rosters for the information.

Below are roster shots of the PCC locomotives. I now have a shot of every unit except for 2606.