Work progress at McCoy train loader sit

Earth-moving tractors shift land as construction progresses on the $17 million train loading facillity being built by PNW Farmers’ Cooperative and Co-Ag. The joint venture is being built just north of the McCoy siding along the state-owned Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad on the east side of State Route 271 six miles south of Rosalia. The two grain firms are building the facility to more quickly load 110-car unit trains that are predicted to fetch lower rail shipping rates. The railroad was almost sold for scrap by Watco before the state legislature approved its purchase in 2005. The facility is expected to be operational by harvest 2013.