More faded green rolls back in forth through the yard.

With another freight not far behind and two freights plus maintenance crews waiting ahead, the South Local rushes toward F.O. Switch to clear the main.

The second of two derailments today in Tacoma. This engine was switching the yard when it ran into the side of a southbound UP stack train. Not many details yet, but the engineer was taken to the ... (more)

The eastbound M-NTWNOY waits in the Fisher siding on the right as the Cass Lake local rockets westward through town.

BNSF 2743, rebuilt from CBQ GP30 949, and GP28M 1520, rebuilt from GN GP9 915, layover in New Westminster yard.

A pair of geeps in Superior.

Not a common scheme now a days...

A blank nose GP39E leads the South Local out of Grand Forks on a bitter February morning.

Yard / local power idles in the evening sun at Eola.

A wonderful mixed bag of motive power waiting at the Sumas Interchange. 2719 is a GP39E, 2819 is a GP39M, 2719 is a GP39-2 and EMDX 778 is a GP38-2 of PC origin. Four models, three paint schemes, ... (more)

Eastbound Cass Lake Local breezes into Crookston ahead of coal loads with 8 cars. After some quick work, it will leave town with none. Two of the cars will be dropped on the siding next to me, a... (more)

With nothing more than a lousy eight-car local today, I decided I had to try something different.