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By:Maddie Farnsworth
Dates:4/7/2009 - 4/7/2009
Album Info:You know it's spring on the Palouse when WIR #20 and MRLX start bringing long trains of fertilizer into Moscow again. Here are a few shots of the first run of the season.
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Yard limits at Wilson
Title:  Yard limits at Wilson
Description:  The frist train of spring pokes it's head around the bend, horn a blowing.
Photo Date:  4/7/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 2:46:44 PM
Location:  Moscow, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
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Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M) MRLX 6304(FP9A)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
Long train
Title:  Long train
Description:  A fairly long train for the first one.
Photo Date:  4/7/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 2:46:45 PM
Location:  Moscow, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M) MRLX 6304(FP9A)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
Bridge at MP 83.3
Title:  Bridge at MP 83.3
Description:  The engineer later called me a crazy bastard for hiking up here. I just smiled and said that I had gone further up the hill on other days.
Photo Date:  4/7/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 2:46:45 PM
Location:  Moscow, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M) MRLX 6304(FP9A)
Views:  422   Comments: 1
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  Don't let the power set up fool you, #20 is leading the train, long hood first.
Photo Date:  4/7/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 2:46:46 PM
Location:  Moscow, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M) MRLX 6304(FP9A)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
Pulling in
Title:  Pulling in
Description:  The train nears the switch that will take it to the fertilizer mill at Wilson. The mill building can be seen on the left, while in the background University of Idaho begins renovation work on the Dome.
Photo Date:  4/7/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 2:46:46 PM
Location:  Moscow, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic
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Views:  224   Comments: 0
Shove it back
Title:  Shove it back
Description:  A couple of crew members protect the short hove move back into the spur at Wilson.
Photo Date:  4/7/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 2:46:47 PM
Location:  Moscow, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
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Views:  142   Comments: 0
3 to a stop #20
Title:  3 to a stop #20
Description:  Stan Patterson, president of and conductor for the WIR works the ground today. He looks the part of a 70's railroader, minus a beer in the hand.
Photo Date:  4/7/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 2:46:48 PM
Location:  Moscow, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  146   Comments: 0
Making a cut
Title:  Making a cut
Description:  Stan makes a cut it the train so he and the other crew members can drive out.
Photo Date:  4/7/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 2:46:48 PM
Location:  Moscow, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
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Views:  99   Comments: 0
Pull er up, tie er down.
Title:  Pull er up, tie er down.
Description:  The power is cut off the train and tied down.
Photo Date:  4/7/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 2:46:49 PM
Location:  Moscow, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  MRLX 6304(FP9A) WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  385   Comments: 2
Don't forget the brakes!
Title:  Don't forget the brakes!
Description:  Jeremy, the engineer for the day, sets the hand brake on the #20.
Photo Date:  4/7/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 2:46:49 PM
Location:  Moscow, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MRLX 6304(FP9A) WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  481   Comments: 4
Reflections
Title:  Reflections
Description:  The #20 seems to be the least loved unit on the WIR, on account of it being the least photographed. Her it sits coupled to it's more famous cousin, the MRLX 6304.
Photo Date:  4/7/2009  Upload Date: 4/8/2009 2:46:44 PM
Location:  Moscow, ID
Author:  Matt Farnsworth
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Locomotives:  WIR 20(GP30M)
Views:  343   Comments: 2


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