Back in 1977 it was not uncommon for BN to make light engine moves between Interbay/Seattle and Auburn yard or Tacoma. I was lucky to catch this consist led by BN 1922, a former NP GP9, with steam... (more)

A nice mix of EMD power led by BN SD45 no. 6512 climbs the one percent grade of the Chumstick cutoff west of Leavenworth, heading from Wenatchee to Seattle via the Cascade Tunnel under Stevens Pas... (more)

A New Era For Amtrak: The Inaugural Revenue Run for Amtrak's new long distance Siemens Charger locomotives has less than 30 miles to go to reach the final destination of Seattle, Washington. Thes... (more)

BNSF 9802, an SD70MAC, in BN's older executive scheme brings up the rear of an eastbound coal empty that has taken the siding at Trinidad, WA for a meet. Even the rear end of the unit shows a touc... (more)

BNSF 9118 leads its eastbound empty coal train into Trinidad siding above Crescent Bar, WA where it will hold for a meet with a westbound train. Trinidad siding is located about halfway up the 16 ... (more)

BNSF 3130 and 3120, both GP50s, lead a westbound Quincy Local into Trinidad, WA at MP 1625 on its return from Quincy, WA to Wenatchee's Appleyard. The train operates weekdays as a turn originatin... (more)

BNSF 3130 leads a westbound Quincy Local into Trinidad, WA at MP 1625 on its return from Quincy, WA to Wenatchee's Appleyard. It is passing under a classic ranch access road bridge that has since ... (more)

westbound z crossing Sunset Falls bridge

An eastbound stack train on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision rolls through North Dalles.

Late on a perfect winter afternoon, a westbound mixed manifest crosses the relatively new (2019) trestle over Hamilton Creek in the Columbia River Gorge. The locomotives have just passed the west ... (more)

On a gorgeous Seattle November day, SD45 3618 and mate sandwich BN SD40-2 6910 at Argo Yard. In addition to UP's own wide range of power, their practice of encouraging run through trains with nea... (more)

A rainy August day greeted UP's Family Days event at Argo Yard, Seattle, WA. That did not dampen the peoples' spirits as they enjoyed train rides to Black River Jct. and back, ate hot dogs (under ... (more)

In July 1976 one could still catch UP SD24B units in mainline freight consists coming in and out of Seattle. Here UP 440B and 420B match up with SD40-2 3193 as UP's Argo Yard waiting to be assigne... (more)

Back in 1976 one could still enjoy the wide variety of motive power that Union Pacific operated. An example is UP 1400, the 10 SDP35 passenger locomotive UP acquired beginning in September 1965. T... (more)