Reardan
The westbound Washington Eastern scoot train rolls up on Reardan, Washington on the former Northern Pacific CW Branch. Chartered as the Central Washington Railroad, the branch was first surveyed and built in the late 1880s to compete with the Seattle, Lake Shore, and Eastern; the town of Reardan is named after a Central Washington engineer.
The branch has changed owners four times since the BN merger of 1996; it is now owned by Jaguar Transport Holdings which acquired the Washington Eastern from The Western Group in November, 2020. Jaguar brought in these ex-Conrail C40-8Ws replacing a fleet of SD40-2s.
Reardan
The westbound Washington Eastern scoot train rolls up on Reardan, Washington on the former Northern Pacific CW Branch. Chartered as the Central Washington Railroad, the branch was first surveyed and built in the late 1880s to compete with the Seattle, Lake Shore, and Eastern; the town of Reardan is named after a Central Washington engineer.
The branch has changed owners four times since the BN merger of 1996; it is now owned by Jaguar Transport Holdings which acquired the Washington Eastern from The Western Group in November, 2020. Jaguar brought in these ex-Conrail C40-8Ws replacing a fleet of SD40-2s.