Watco power for the Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad awaits a call to duty in Winona, Washington.

BNSF ET44C4 #3693 leads an eastbound Roberts Bank coal empty across the Skykomish River in Gold Bar, WA on September 25th, 2021.

A Old Alco HH660 owned by Glacier sand and gravel waits for its next run on a dreary day in the fall of 1977

Earlier in this day, I got this train crossing the somewhat more impressive Lake Pend Oreille at MP 4.5. Now, nearly 4.5 hours later the train is at MP 45 along Sprague lake, just outside the tiny... (more)

BNSF 5329 descends the east side of Stevens Pass, on a cold fall evening.

The reflection of this oil train's DPU is visible on the Yakima River on a calm morning.

An empty grain train approaches Pomona as it snakes its way along the Yakima River.

A Dash 9 leads an empty oil train through Yakima Canyon.

The Chewelah Turn with a solid set of A-B-B-B-A GP60s rounds a pair of s-curves near Denison on it's journey south towards Spokane.

On a cool fall afternoon, BNSF 3693 leads a southbound Roberts Bank coal empty through the fall colored forests near Larrabee State Park in Bellingham, WA on October 4th, 2021.

Elma is the headquarters of the Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad. On this day, a GP38 lettered for the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad sits near the maintenance facility. Both railroads are owned ... (more)

Sunrise at the east end of the Columbia River Gorge as an eastbound BNSF manifest approaches the West Siding Switch of Bates, WA to then take the siding and meet a westbound BNSF grainer.

A westbound empty garbage train in the Columbia Gorge.

An one unit wonder (with DPU) westbound grain in the Columbia Gorge.

A lone ATSF Dash 9 sits on the team tracks at Vancouver on an early fall night.