Rail link to Pullman could also be pulled

A strategic draft plan for the Palouse River and Coulee City Rail system lists 37 miles of railroad in Whitman County which will undergo an assessment to determine if they should be removed and the property subsequently placed in the rail banking program.

Bob Westby, manager of the PCC system for the Department of Transportation, said the two segments include the now-idle Colfax to Pullman line and the P & L line on the east side of the county south from Fallon. Removal of that line would leave Pullman without a rail connection.

Fallon is the Pacific Northwest Farmers railcar loading facility...