BN 5761 mates up with another U33C and Alco C-424 4243 between runs at Wishram, WA, the former SP&S yard and crew change between Pasco & Vancouver, WA. This unit was delivered to BN in September 1... (more)

Westbound grain train at Scribner on the Lakeside sub.

Westbound manifest train near the east switch at Tokio on the Lakeside sub.

Westbound grain train near the east switch at Tokio on the Lakeside sub.

BN F9A no. 840 (Northern Pacific heritage) idles outside the wood engine house at Wishram, WA, the former SP&S crew change location between Pasco and Vancouver, WA. Immediately west of Wishram the... (more)

A BNSF Q-Train passes through the town of Index as it descends the grade down Stevens Pass.

BN F7A 758 leads a trio of EMD hood units on a southbound freight crossing the diamonds and interchange at Argo Tower south of downtown Seattle. This location saw all railroads serving Seattle, BN... (more)

AMTK 465 rushes an Amtrak Cascades service train north towards its stop at Tacoma. Passengers enjoy views of Puget Sound from Nisqually into Tacoma as the train glides past Days Island. Unfortunat... (more)

BNSF 6414 leading a pair of SD70ACes holds the main track at Scenic Siding waiting for the Cascade Tunnel to have its exhaust blown out of the west portal after meeting a westbound train here. Onc... (more)

Sometimes DPU's face the right way, sometimes not. In this case given the orange & green I think of these units as following Great Northern Railway's tradition of running their road switchers long... (more)

BN 972500 sits in Skykomish, WA awaiting the next call to clear snow on BNSF's Stevens Pass mainline. Snow volume and traffic density will determine if the machine will be called to duty. This uni... (more)

CFNW 106 & CSCD 1001 make a light engine move after arriving in Wenatchee with traffic generated on their former Great Northern Ry Oroville Branch. Rail America was acquired by Geneses & Wyoming i... (more)

BN 6603, former GN 430, operates Great Northern longhood first, handling train 3, once known as the "Pacific Zip" through Rock Island, WA on the last lap into Wenatchee where it will rec... (more)

Bullet nose beauties face off at Amtrak's Holgate St. coach yard in Seattle, WA. To the left Budd domed observation 9310 was once owned by Wabash and later Norfolk & Western. To the right, 9301, T... (more)

In the early morning hours a northbound BNSF Coal train is heading through Tacoma, WA. This empty out of Centralia, WA will head east at Auburn and over Stampede Pass.