After a long chilling wait standing in the frozen snow Amtrak's Empire Builder emerges from the trees onto the iconic Sunset Falls Bridge crossing over the mighty Skykomish River. Amtrak P42DC #20... (more)

My view from my campground of BNSF garbage train on a nice spring day.

After a very long wait in the blazing sun we finally hear a distant K3LA! We set up in position for our shot as BNSF 1054 creeps around the iconic Marshall curve.

On a beautiful spring afternoon, a BNSF manifest crosses Horsethief Lake.

Westbound grain train approaching Juniper.

On a warm spring afternoon, a BNSF grain train crosses Horsethief lake.

A BNSF H1 leader rounds through the S curves at index, Wa.

BNSF 9749 crosses over Deception Falls approaching the West Scenic siding

It wasn't unusual for 'rails' to chalk their inside jokes on each other's locomotives. In this case, 'swine' is a play on SD9 and the hoghead's nickname. What is unusual in this photo however is ... (more)

Running nearly six hours late, the Portland section of the Empire Builder passes some BNSF ballast cars at Lyle. The snow on the nose has likely been aboard since Montana.

Led by "Day 1” heritage unit 301, the Portland section of the Empire Builder rolls to a stop at Wishram. Running nearly six hours late, the train will likely reach its final stop at Union Statio... (more)

Westbound manifest train Near Tokio in Washington State.

Eastbound empty grain train on Providence Hill in Washington State.

Westbound Z train on Providence Hill in Washington State.

UNDERWOOD WA Aug 6 2019 — Westbound BNSF SD70ACe 9026 exits a short tunnel and passes milepost 69. In only a few feet the train will pass under Washington State Highway 14. In this photo the tra... (more)