Stacy Yard, floodlights, fog, ..and goats. A single SW1000 could pull 9000 tons between the UP yard interchange and Stacy as long as all the switches were lined and everyone else stayed out of th... (more)

VANCOUVER WA July 7 2011 — Under a cloudy sky and with diesel exhaust blowing up and to the right Portland & Western GP39-2 2317 (former Santa Fe 3616) proceeds north at the Amtrak station. The ... (more)

Slowing for morning switching at Ayer this set will then head north and return back through again that evening.

VANCOUVER WA Oct 2 1978 — Columbia Industrial Park 80-ton Whitcomb 101 (built in July 1944) awaits switching duties as Burlington Northern cabooses roll east in the background. It started life a... (more)

The westbound Gorge Local is tying up at Skamania on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision. The crew will walk to the Skamania Store for a snack while awaiting arrival of their ride back to Vancouver.

An eastbound vehicle train enters Stevenson on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision.

The Clouds are low and the River is quiet as me and 2 friends wait and listen for the "morning Z's" horn in Gold Bar. As we hear the horn we prepare our Cameras and get our framing right... (more)

BNSF's Chewelah Turn M-CWHSPO heads south through Valley, WA on their return back to Spokane with an all ex-ATSF set of A-B-B-B-A GP60's.

The eastbound Empire Builder enters Stevenson on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision. A project is underway to replace the bridge at the mouth of Rock Creek.

A westbound oil train passes the Gorge Local at Skamania, on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision.

Tacoma Rails Hill Job tops out on the Milwaukee Roads toughest hill to tackle at 46th Street.

#6304 got all the limelight while #6311 remained sidelined while on the Washington & Idaho Railway. Looking more like it should have an IC "Death Star", it matched a business car on the... (more)

When it was the Inland Empire Railway Museum @ Spokane International Fairgrounds, now relocated west to Reardan as Inland NW Rail Museum.

A northbound run to Marshall.

UP's I-TAG3 is crossing the UP bridge across the Puyallup River just outside CP Reservation, where it will join the BNSF's Seattle Sub. At this point they are still putting their train together, ... (more)