Very late on a winter afternoon, a westbound grain train highballs Underwood, Washington in the Columbia River Gorge.
Tacoma's Union Station, with its Federal Courthouse addition, still has rail service of a sort. Sound Transit's Link Light rail passes by on Pacific Ave and makes a stop at the adjacent Washingto... (more)
With 3-4 inches of snow on the ground and more to come, the BNSF Tacoma yard has different look about it. With local 251 working from the west end, a grain train is tied to down at the east end ... (more)
Through the volcanic tunnels on the north side of the mighty Columbia River.
Pairs Of Domes And Bridges. On Tuesday August 3, 2021, former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome/coac... (more)
The newest of Loram's 420 series Rail Grinders is working the BNSF Seattle sub in the Tacoma area. This is the RG421, configured with 3 grinding cars, 2 - 75,000 gal water cars , a tool/crew car,... (more)
Columbia Basin Railroad’s Connell turn approaches Moon Road grade crossing as the train descends a grade into Connell, Washington, on September 28, 2021. Even though their journey to the CBRW lo... (more)
An impressive EMD A-B-B-B-B-A consist of GP60M No. 105, GP60B Nos. 331, 335, 344 and 336, and GP50 No. 3120 on BNSF’s Chewelah Turn is seen passing a recently harvested wheat field approaching D... (more)
An empty coal train crosses Bridge 37 on a sunny December morning.
As its heads south toward Warden, Columbia Basin Railroad’s turn to Wheeler crosses a trestle at Bassett Junction, Washington, on September 29, 2021. The connecting track wye switch for the CBRW... (more)
BNSF engine 7309 moving west, November 20, 2022 along the Columbia River.
After waiting for a few northbound trains to pass, BNSF 7695 (the Golden Swoosh) accelerates out of Ferndale, WA leading a southbound empty oil train on December 14th, 2021.
BNSF ES44DC #7695 (the Golden Swoosh) leads a southbound empty oil train across Chuckanut Bay in Bellingham, WA on December 14th, 2021.
The DPU pushes a stack train along Nason Creek.
A Z-train crosses Nason Creek on a snowy afternoon.