With a mixed of mechanical and ice reefers on the head end, Extra 3617 East heads into the yard at Yardley, Washington with units 3607 and U25C 2512 in August 1968. Fruits from central Washingt... (more)

A local heads through the trees and around the curves of Lake Sammamish as it heads south toward Issaquah, the end of the branch where it occasionally would visit to serve a lumber distribution ya... (more)

A trio of torpedo tube GP9s led by BN 1866 have a good roll on a southbound freight just south of Auburn, WA, heading to Tacoma and points south. The trio are all former NP locos. This former NP m... (more)

Fall color is in full tilt on top of Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state as MILW 177 exits Snoqualmie Tunnel after making its eastbound climb up from Cedar Falls, WA. The train will continue to Ot... (more)

Burlington Northern SW1500 301 switching at Hillyard June 1970. James C. Herold Photo from my Collection.

Burlington Northern NW5 988 resting at Hillyard in October 1970. The 988 was built as GN 188 in December 1946 and was retired in April 1982. The NW5 was an unpopular model and only 13 were built w... (more)

Burlington Northern SD9 6105 resting between assignments at Hillyard April 1970. Built as Great Northern 578 in February 1954 and retired in June 1986. On the right side of the photo is SP&S 750, ... (more)

Eastern approach to Spokane train station.

Two Milwaukee Road F7 A-B-A sets join forces to drag a Portland bound freight out of Tide Flats Yard. The B units are slugs and the two sets were assigned to Tacoma to handle helper service up the... (more)

Milwaukee Road 5802 handles some switching duties at their Black River yard after descending Snoqualmie Pass into the Puget Sound region. The train will set out cars for Seattle, and pick up any f... (more)

Early carbody U30B no. 5604 grinds part of a Portland bound freight to the top of Tacoma hill with a slug set. The power will set off the block of cars, then drop back down the hill for the remain... (more)

A Milwaukee Road freight exits the best trackage it will experience between Tacoma and at least Miles City, MT. Maple Valley trackage was the former Pacific Coast, then BN (through the GN), and MI... (more)

Less than a year before shutting down their Pacific extension, Milwaukee Road crews in the West made a valiant effort to keep things moving. Here a pair of SD10s support a trio of SD40-2s on their... (more)

MILW No. 22 leads a dead freight across the Columbia River at Beverly, WA. The massive bridge and train are minimized by the surrounding landscape.

We're nearly two years into the BNSF merger and plenty of colorful lashups can be seen, such as on this westbound train in Spokane Valley, WA.