High priority manifest train HEVEBAR is crossing the Deschutes river at Sherars Bridge led by two Wabrbonnet GE locos. This is about MP 46.9 on BNSF's Oregon Trunk.

4 older EMD locos get help from a new GE loco to haul this Tacoma, WA to Pasco Manifest by the vineyards at Avery. This is near the halfway point for the crew that takes the train from Vancouver t... (more)

An EMD SD60 leads a Tacoma to Chicago Hyundai stack train along the shores of the Columbia River.

2 AMTK P42DCs lead the Portland section of the Empire Builder through the Columbia Rive Gorge. That's 11245 foot Mt Hood in the background. The Empire Builder is almost right on time and the sche... (more)

They were even coming up from the deep to view this rare sight of doubledeaded Northerns hauling a 19 car passenger train. The special was over 3 hours late at htis point. but there were still hun... (more)

Nearly new ES44DC 7508 highballs the hot Z train Eastbound along the Skykomish river. That's snow covered Mt. Index in the background.

2 Unloved LMX B39-8 units haul Chicago to Seattle train 5 West. These units would have a short career on the BNSF and now are eith lease units or on shortlines.

The Toledo Switcher hauls a ballast a car East. The switcher usually doesn't leave Toledo but it has some extra duty today.

The Toledo Switcher leaves town to dump ballast a few miles out of town. The plant in the background is Georgia Pacific's Toledo paper mill. The plant is the main reason for the Toledo Switcher's ... (more)

Branchline railroading at it's finest. The Sumas Roadswitcher has two empty grain cars in tow as it crosses the Sumas River. This line was part of the Milwaukee Road's Glacier line. It was one of ... (more)

On a bitter cold 10 degree day, an Eastbound BNSF stack train has almost completed it's uphill grind through the 8 mile long Cascade tunnel. The headlights illuminate some icicles that have formed... (more)

Western Washington has been experiencing an "Artic" blast of winter with temperatures in the teens. This is the second snow storm we have had this year. AMTK train 513 cruises by some trees covere... (more)

It's a two train meet on bridge 14. A UP stack train's cars blur enough to reveal the trailing unit on A BNSF empty garbage train.

Not all Warbonnet look terrible. This ex ATSF Dash 9 stands out against the fall colors on the Seattle Sub.

Congestion at the Gooseneck!! An empty BN coal train and an SP Auto rack train cross over an empty UP coal train and a UP manifest on the lower tracks.