A westbound Z train heads downgrade at the Trinidad Loop. BNSF 1101 was involved in a wreck in Arizona in October, 2000, and was nearly totaled. When BNSF repainted it in 2002, it was repainted in... (more)

BNSF 4169 has rounded Trinidad loop and continues its 16 mile climb out of the Columbia River valley east of Wenatchee, WA. The Z train will crest the hill at Quincy and race east to Spokane for a... (more)

BNSF 7456 leads a westbound stack train downgrade through Trinidad Loop near MP 1623 on the BNSF mainline between Quincy and Wenatchee, WA. This was one of seven trains through the loop between 1:... (more)

BNSF 4337 leads a westbound manifest train under the wooden trestle at the west end of the Trinidad Loop. Fellow railfan Robert Scott can be seen returning from his shot on the left. My shadow can... (more)

The daily Spokane-Everett freight drops from Quincy to the Columbia River via the Lynch Coulee and Trinidad curve. An old wood bridge provides an overhead view looking eastward up the valley.

BNSF 724 west waits for an eastbound stack train in the afternoon light.

Looking over some of my old black and white photos from my days spent studying Ansel Adams work and thought I might try my hand at black and white again. Here's an XTAC making it's way up from t... (more)

An appreciable amount of snow, sun, and trains can be a tricky combination in the semi-arid regions of eastern Washington. This spotless blue sky January finds a Chicago bound stack train roundin... (more)

2010 PNW Trip Last stop of the trip was BNSF's Trinidad Hill, and the main shot I wanted to get was this one, regardless of the fact that everyone and their neighbor has shot this dozens of... (more)

Late on a summer afternoon, BNSF's daily Everett-Spokane manifest ascends the famous loop at Trinidad, just a few miles short of the completing the climb away from the Columbia River at Quincy.

A westbound descends the long grade from Quincy Wa. to the Columbia River at Wenatchee. The train is on the lower level of the loop between Quincy and Trinidad, the upper level is visible on the b... (more)

An eastbound out of Wenatchee climbs out of the Columbia River Valley..ahead lies the famed Trinidad Loop

Late on a hot summer morning, a long stack train out of the Port of Seattle grinds up the 1% grade through Trinidad. Towering in the distance are the cliffs of Cape Horn (yes, there are twomore)

Only seven o'clock on a July morning and it's already sweltering hot in the hills above the Columbia River near Trinidad, Washington. The conditions haven't affected this train's three GEs, which... (more)