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 |
