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Local climbing the coulee below Palisades, WA
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Withrow Turn climbs coulee at Appledale, WA
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Geeps and old 40' boxcars rattle up Mansfield Branch near Palisade, WA
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The Local is on the 2% grade climbing into Slack Canyon on Mansfield branch
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Exiting the canyon,local passes GN frame depot at Douglas, WA
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Withrow turn arrives at Supplee, WA to switch grain boxcars
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Withrow turn arrives Supplee, WA to switch elevator
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Many loaded grain cars foul the mainline at Supplee, WA
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Switching 40' boxcars filled with grain, one of the last places on the BN system grain still moved in box cars.
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With the main line blocked, the brakeman rides the front of boxcars being shoved out of Supplee WA to the next clear siding
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With the main line blocked, the brakeman rides the front of boxcars being shoved out of Supplee WA to the next clear siding
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With the main line blocked, the brakeman rides the front of boxcars being shoved out of Supplee WA to the next clear siding
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Chalk markings on 40' GN boxcar at Withrow, WA
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Descending Slack Canyon on a 2% grade, 2 GP9s are in full dynamic braking with a healthy set of trainline air to slow the train's descent to the Columbia River.
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Dust mixes with brakeshoe smoke as a lengthy train of 40' boxcars trails two GP9's off the Mansfield Branch back to the former GN mainline at Columbia River (Albus) Washington.