A westbound "K" Line intermodal train travels through Pendleton. The Pendleton Round-Up, held annually throughout the second full week in September, is in full swing in the background.

One of the morning San Joaquin trains move out of Sacramento station into the sunrise and off to Los Angeles. In the foreground, workers install padding and fuel/oil catching devices around th... (more)

The conductor for this leg of the trip between Portland and Kalamath Falls, Oregon steps off of the transition sleeper for a quick break. In the distance, the soon to be dismantled cantilever ... (more)

BNSF C44-9CW #4958 leads an eastbound stack train through North Dalles on a sunny morning. Mt. Hood can be seen in the background. A fellow Railpictures.net contributor, Railroad: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Dallesport, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4958
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 19, 2012

One of BNSF's track geometry trains sits in Ellensburg Yard overnight before traveling west over Stampede Pass and eventually to Everett. The "Business End" of this train can be seen here: more)

The business end of a Track Geometry train, BNSF 87 "Skagit River" measurement car sits quietly on a cold spring night. This car would head west the next morning measuring the track over Stampede ... (more)

A shiny new ES44C4 leads the morning eastbound Z-train through east North Dalles on a crisp Spring morning. The city of The Dalles can be seen in the background underneath Mount Hood. The next tra... (more)

Forward view of the "Warren R. Henry" private dome car owned by "Patrick Henry Creative Promotions." You can see the P42 used to pull the two car train around if you look closely in the center win... (more)

BNSF GP60M #100 leads a westbound rock train through the Columbia River Gorge on a windy winter morning.

I was lucky enough to be invited onto the "Warren R. Henry," a private dome car which was originally built for the Union Pacific Railroad. The private car is owned by "Patrick Henry Creative Promo... (more)

The DPU for the daily empty grain train just glides by nearly completing it's first leg of a long journey back into the Midwest. Ellensburg is the eastern crew change point for the Stampede pass l... (more)

A "super-moon" illuminates BNSF 5614 tackling a horseshoe curve in the Yakima River Canyon. The full moon makes the scene appear almost day lit. While stopped in Ellensburg, the DPU for this train... (more)

The engineer has his hand on the horn as a westbound manifest train ducks under the old Milwaukee Road bridge near Thorp. The bridge now hosts the Iron Horse Trail from Cedar Falls to the Columbia... (more)

A heavy snow shower obscures the view of this eastbound intermodal train over Stevens Pass. This storm is the same one that dropped a foot of snow in 48 hours, seen here: Railroad: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Winton, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4846
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 14, 2012

BNSF C44-9W #4129 waits at West Siding Switch Ellensburg for a crew overnight. The full moon along with some key lighting of a LED flashlight and a 430EX II flash bring out the details in the murk... (more)