At 8:00 a.m. on October 10, 2019, BNSF’s Chewelah Turn lights up in the rising sun between Loon Lake and Clayton, Washington. Some of the steel ties once used on the line have recently been replaced and can be seen piled along the right-of-way. Five EMD GP60s in perfect A-B-B-B-A formation power the train—GP60M No. 105, GP60B Nos. 336, 331, 337 and GP60M No. 104, all former Santa Fe—heads toward Spokane.
