The Slocan Local makes its way up the Slocan River valley to its namesake town of Slocan City in the West Kootenay region with 8 empty bulkhead flat cars for loading at the Slocan lumber mill. Th... (more)

In a town rich with maritime history and a scene looking like it was created by a very talented model railroader, Burlington Northern's Astoria Local is departing Astoria with 3 loads of canned tu... (more)

While the conductor enjoys some 45 MPH air conditioning on a fine late spring day a Burlington Northern southward freight rounds a curve just outside of Puyallup, WA with beautiful Mount Rainier l... (more)

Burlington Northern's Highball Local rolls southward underneath the abandoned Milwaukee Road viaduct in the fertile & dusty Palouse region of southeastern Washington.

A Burlington Northern Stack train rolls west along Puget Sound en-route to the Seattle area on a fine late summer day.

Route of The Cariboo locomotive evolution! Here are four generations of locomotive technology represented by MLW/GE at Squamish Yard. BCRail hosted an open house celebration for the introduction... (more)

Hauling more than a Fistful of Dollars Union Pacific's Kellogg Turn is starting over the Lake Chatcolet causeway returning to Spokane, WA. Today's train has 8 cars in tow, 7 of which contain silv... (more)

Call them MLW Killers! BCRail took delivery of 18 General Electric C40-8's with the Draper Taper car body design starting in May of 1990 effectively spelling the end of the 6 motor MLW/Alco era o... (more)

The engineer is easing em' down while rolling into the lonely outpost of D'arcy, BC as this southbound British Columbia Railway freight will shortly be adding manned helpers cut roughly into the m... (more)

I continue to be amazed at the possibilities of digital photography! The Deschutes Steam Special is running HOT toward Portland, OR with a scheduled arrival time of 1800. This feat will be diffi... (more)

While Y'all were getting yer steam on in the Midwest and Texas chasing UP 844, not to be outdone, we in the Pacific Northwest had a little steam show of our own. The Friends of SP 4449 operated t... (more)

Traveling the route of the Great Baked Potato this BNSF manifest freight rolls over former Northern Pacific rails alongside the Yakima River en route to Pasco.

Gliding through the S curves of Maryhill, WA another grain train destined for Kalama, WA and export rolls down the Columbia River George. BNSF's predecessor Spokane Portland & Seattle and Union Pa... (more)

Portland & Western 2301 West does a little street running on East A Street in the middle of downtown Rainier and slowly trundles by the classic Hotel Rainier and The OL' Pastime Tavern.

It's only July but the residents of this trackside home already have their Christmas lights hanging in preparation for the holiday season. Meanwhile a Simpson Timber Railroad work train makes a f... (more)