Two Northern Pacific GE U28C's with BN numbers and a Southern Pacific Alco C630 7803 eastbound at Spokane, Washington May 26,1970. Photo part of my slide collection, no photographer listed.

An eastbound Milwaukee Road freight with a pair of leased Southern SD24's hugs the banks of the Mississippi River between Pleasant Valley and Le Claire. The SD24's eventually received Precision N... (more)

An eastbound freight holds the mainline at Skykomish while helpers attach to the rear for the climb up Stevens Pass and through the Cascade Tunnel. Even in the era of modern GEs, the current BNSF ... (more)

BN F45 no. 6620 leads two SD45s and a GP30 on an eastbound freight stopped at Skykomish, WA for the addition of helpers. Soon the train will climb through the Cascade Tunnel and head to Wenatchee,... (more)

Grinding up the .82 percent to Hermosa Tunnel and the 8014-foot summit of Sherman Hill in late September, 1965, Union Pacific 418 leads a motive power consist that could be assembled on no other ... (more)

The crew of an eastbound grain train gives a roll-by to a westbound manifest on the west side of Spokane, Wash.

BN 5700 East meets a westbound in the hole at Merritt. Note the SDP45 in the westbound's consist.

Extra MILW 24 West snakes its way through the Yakima River upper canyon between Thorp and Cle Elum, WA as it heads towards its crossing of Snoqualmie Pass. Tracks in the foreground are BN, formerl... (more)

Milwaukee Extra 24 West tip toes across the Hall Creek trestle on the west slope of Snoqualmie Pass with a quartet of SD40-2s. Hints of electrification remain over the ballast deck bridge, and def... (more)

Milwaukee road Extra 21 East bends around a curve at Hyak, Washington powered by a quartet of SD40-2s. Nos. 21 and 22 are equipped with icicle breakers for knocking down icicles in tunnels to prot... (more)

Former SP&S C424, BN 4240 leads a C425 and some EMDs around the curve at Steilacoom, WA on a Portland bound freight. This trackage was used by BN, UP and Amtrak at the time and occasionally hosted... (more)

Three BN F45s and an SD40-2 guide a westbound hostshot, possibly train 97 along Puget Sound on the final lap to Seattle's Balmar Yard at Interbay. Note the variety of freight cars, including Manuf... (more)

A BN helper set idles at Skykomish on a rare sunny February day. This was a typical consist in 1975 with BN GP9 1794 (x-GN 721), F9B 803 (x-NP 7000C), and BN 1799 (x-GN 726). This power will soon ... (more)

MILW 195 leads train 202 around the curve as it approaches the west end of the Columbia River bridge and Beverly, WA. The next crew change is Othello, is 38 miles further east. Othello was the wes... (more)