UP 842 on a southbound freight is holding at Black River Jct. siding as UP 928 leads the "Old Timers Special" deadhead equipment move past en route to Argo Yard, Seattle, where it will b... (more)

UP baggage car 5716 is part of the "Old Timers Special" deadheading to Seattle at Black River Jct., south of downtown. Note the viewing safety gates and OTS logo. Passengers can enjoy a ... (more)

UP 842 waits in the siding at Black River Jct. in south Seattle as the last car of the UP "Old Timers Special" deadhead move rolls by.

Montana is famous for their Two Medicine Bridge and Jens barn props, but we had one in Washington as well. Here BN 6485 leads a classic SD45/F45/SD40-2s mix upgrade through Chumstick Canyon west o... (more)

In yet another throw back to Great Northern, a work train roll west toward Stevens Pass crossing the Wenatchee River one of three times at Dryden, WA. BN 8015 leads a long hood first elephant styl... (more)

Prior to the BNSF, BN regularly used helpers on Stevens Pass. In the mid-1980s crews were protected by these BioPaks, one per crew member. Helpers were cut in near the rear or on the back of train... (more)

Plenty of St. Patrick's Day green covers the Cascades' east slopes in May 1984 as BN 6432 grinds its heavy westbound train up the 1 percent grade out of the Wenatchee River Valley at Peshastin, WA... (more)

A westbound train of crude oil loads rolls across the big fill west of Stevenson, Washington on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision.

The Everett garbage loads roll east through the Columbia River Gorge on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision. Motive power for the train is a trio of 20th century EMDs.

A hot intermodal train bisects Home Valley, Washington. It is in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision.

Today's Everett garbage loads have reached the end of two main tracks at Mt. Pleasant. The train will now traverse the Columbia River Gorge on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision.

A westbound grain train in the Columbia River Gorge approaches Home Valley on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision.

Operating long hood first in a salute to the preference of previous owner Great Northern, BN 6603 has Train 3 pretty much on schedule after losing the lead SD45 at Quincy, WA due to a wheel failur... (more)

A scrap pile of wheels engulfs the cab of an Alco RS-11 at Joseph Simon & Sons scrap yard located in the Tacoma tideflats and the final resting place for a number of BN, MILW and UP locomotives ov... (more)