Toppenish, Simcoe & Western Railroad

Route:: White Swan (Simcoe) Branch: Wesely Jct - White Swan, WA (18.9 miles); Royal Subdivision: Othello - Royal City, WA (24.0 miles)
Headquarters:: Toppenish, WA
Junctions with other railroads:: BNSF: Wesley Jct, WA; CBRW: Othello, WA
Radio frequencies:: 160.635
History:: White Swan (Simcoe) Branch:; Line built in 1912 by Toppenish, Simcoe & Western Railroad.; Absorbed by North Yakima & Valley (NP) in 1914.; BN sold the line to Washington Central in October 1986.; Washington Central discontinued service in 1993, and TSWR began service July 16, 1993.; TSWR operated by the Yakima Valley Rail and Steam Museum.; Effective December 21, 2005, freight operations on the White Swan Branch have been taken over by the Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW).; Royal Subdivision:; Former MILW line.; Operations by TSWR began in September 1994.; Rail service abandoned in April 1998.
Ownership:: Line owned by State of Washington; operated by Yakima Valley Rail and Steam Museum.
Roster:

Unit	Bldr.	Model	B/N	F/N or O/N	B/D	History	Acq.	Ret.	Notes
12	GE	65-ton	?		1942	...; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 12; TSWR 12, 1994; retired, b2005; disposition unknown	1994	b2005
302	EMD	GP9	22719	5504-12	2/1957	NP 316; BN 1754; TMBL 1203, 1986; WCRC 302, 1986; WCRC {Spirit of Washington Dinner Train} 302, 1992; WCRC 302, b1996; BNSF 302, 1996; TSWR 302, 2000; retired, b2005; disposition unknown	2000	2005
WRIX 1761	EMD	GP9	19110		1/1954	UP 224; SDAE 101, 1980; SJVR 101; SJVR 1761; WRIX 1761; WRIX {TSWR 1761}, c2004; WRIX 1761, 2004; LCR 1761, 2005	1993	199x	leased from and returned to WRIX
B-2070	Alco/GE	MRS1	80386/ 31625		1953	US Army B-2070; TSWR B-2070, 1993; Sunfresh (Royal City, WA), 199x	1993	199x

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Last updated: October 15, 2006

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