Western Rail Switching
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Ownership
It was owned by Western Rail, Inc., a leasing company.
In 2004, Spokane County bought the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway's Geiger Spur,[1] and designated WRS to operate it, beginning in October.[2]
Following the takeover of the nearby Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad by the Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad (EWG), the Washington Department of Transportation financed a newly constructed connection to the new short line operator.
Opening
This realignment was opened on January 2, 2009, bypassing Fairchild Air Force Base, through which the spur had run.[3]
The west end of the spur is now at the Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad, near Medical Lake.[4]
Operator
Not long after beginning operations, EWG filed with the Surface Transportation Board to replace WRS as operator, and nowScript error: No such module "Unsubst". runs the Geiger Spur an exclusive operator.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[5]
Cargo Traffic
Traffic carried on the Geiger Spur consists primarily of inbound steel loads.
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