A method of washing fabric articles in a continuous batch tunnel washer (15, 80, 200, 300), comprising the steps of: a) providing a continuous batch tunnel washer (15, 80, 200, 300) having an interior, an intake (13, 73), a discharge (14, 74), a plurality of modules (1 to 12, 90, 96 to 101, 121, 129) that include a first module, a last module, and multiple interior modules between said first and said last module, and a volume of liquid; wherein some of said modules are configured as rinse modules each having a perforated scoop (94, 95) and an outer shell, and some of the modules are configured as carryover modules that each have a scoop with no perforations and no outer shell; and wherein at least one of said carryover modules is an interior module positioned in between the first and last modules; b) moving the fabric articles from the intake (13, 73) through the modules (1 to 12, 90, 96 to 101, 121, 129) and then to the discharge (14, 74) in sequence; wherein the rinse modules transfer the fabric articles to the next downstream module by the perforated scoops (94, 95) while allowing liquid to drain back into the respective rinse module; and wherein the carryover modules transfer both the fabric articles and liquid to the next downstream module by the scoop with no perforations; c) not counter flowing a rinsing liquid in the washer interior for a selected time interval during step "b"; d) after step "c", counter flowing a rinsing liquid along a flow path that is generally opposite the direction of travel of the fabric articles in step "b" at first and second spaced apart positions; wherein the flow path is between rinse modules and not between carryover modules, thereby to combine counterflow rinsing between rinse modules having improved rinsing efficiency with lower cost carryover modules having no outer shell. a) providing a continuous batch tunnel washer (15, 80, 200, 300) having an interior, an intake (13, 73), a discharge (14, 74), a plurality of modules (1 to 12, 90, 96 to 101, 121, 129) that include a first module, a last module, and multiple interior modules between said first and said last module, and a volume of liquid; wherein some of said modules are configured as rinse modules each having a perforated scoop (94, 95) and an outer shell, and some of the modules are configured as carryover modules that each have a scoop with no perforations and no outer shell; and wherein at least one of said carryover modules is an interior module positioned in between the first and last modules; wherein some of said modules are configured as rinse modules each having a perforated scoop (94, 95) and an outer shell, and some of the modules are configured as carryover modules that each have a scoop with no perforations and no outer shell; and wherein at least one of said carryover modules is an interior module positioned in between the first and last modules; b) moving the fabric articles from the intake (13, 73) through the modules (1 to 12, 90, 96 to 101, 121, 129) and then to the discharge (14, 74) in sequence; wherein the rinse modules transfer the fabric articles to the next downstream module by the perforated scoops (94, 95) while allowing liquid to drain back into the respective rinse module; and wherein the carryover modules transfer both the fabric articles and liquid to the next downstream module by the scoop with no perforations; wherein the rinse modules transfer the fabric articles to the next downstream module by the perforated scoops (94, 95) while allowing liquid to drain back into the respective rinse module; and wherein the carryover modules transfer both the fabric articles and liquid to the next downstream module by the scoop with no perforations; c) not counter flowing a rinsing liquid in the washer interior for a selected time interval during step "b"; d) after step "c", counter flowing a rinsing liquid along a flow path that is generally opposite the direction of travel of the fabric articles in step "b" at first and second spaced apart positions;