One of my favorite photo's from last winter at a spot I had just about grown tired of. Taken during the 2008 Tracks in the Snow Event Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Index, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7724
Train ID: BNSF 7724
Photo Date: January 20, 2008

A safer and more traditional view of Sunset Falls, featuring the GrandLuxe Great Northwestern National Parks train. Click Here t... (more)

Here's an idea, pick a spot 5' from a roaring water fall and wait for a train, try to stay dry and don't fall in. Ahh, what we do to get the shot. Patience pays off and in this case there was n... (more)

BNSF4689 rounds the curve through downtown Index.

The Rumored DPU's on Stevens Confirmed; While watching this beautiful scene we started to hear the thuds of another locomotive over the roar of the falls. Someone yells out, "D.P.U.!!" as a pumpk... (more)

With Mt Index towering above, this Logistics Park, IL to Portland, OR vehicle train starts across the North Fork of the Skykomish River.l

I waited for the train fighting a grin as I nervously watched the fog roll in and out. Soon over the roar of the waterfall you could hear the distinct thuds of an approaching train and no one in ... (more)

WOW am I ever lucky to live in the Northwest! From Cascade Green, to Santa Fe War Bonnets, to H1 B-Units; there is always something dramatic to see on the Scenic Sub. I hope you like.

In all, four big GE's put their might into fighting the grade and curvature to lift an eastbound stacker into the morning sun and over Stevens Pass.

A BNSF Stack Train exits the Skycomish River Bridge, rounds the Bend, and Highballs through Index, WA.

BNSF 4584 and company cross the North Fork of the Skykomish River as the snow on the mountrains begins to appear.

A westbound stack glides into one of the most dramatic scenes of the day.

A P train crosses Sunset Falls climbing Stevens Pass

Mt Index dominates this scene of the Empire Builder crossing the North Fork of the Skykomish RIver

An eastbound Z train crosses the North Fork of the Skykomish River in the early morning light.