Northern Pacific #7012A leads a sold out Christmas train through Park Junction on the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad.
The leaves on the trees are a bright yellow as they glimmer in the afternoon sun shine, as the Lewis River dinner train rolls into Battle Ground Washington with former Southern Pacific SW-8 Now nu... (more)
Geeps and switchers outside Northern Pacific’s brick roundhouse at Tacoma, Wash. April 11, 1969.
A new slug has entered the world of railroading. Built on-site at TEMCO grain facility in Tacoma, from the old SW1200 219, which sat unused for years in this very spot. Originally this was the N... (more)
A perfect spring morning meant I had to stop in downtown Snoqualmie on the way to work for a few photos of the Northwest Railway Museum. Th... (more)
In this photo from my collection BN 4193 leads two more ex NP RS-11"s and a SP&S FA on a westbound manifest at Pasco.
I'm not even sure it's Washington. Nothing on the slide. Is that an enhanced cab heater or what behind the cab.
The office car Yakima River brings up the rear of the NORTH COAST LIMITED as the train arrives at King Street Station.
NP #7012A leads the second excursion of the day down the Tacoma Hill. The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad brought #7012 and Polson #70 to Tacoma to celebrate the grand opening of the LeMay Auto Muse... (more)
BN had quite a few roster oddities in to deal with in the first few years. Some of the rarest were a small group of Ex NP Baldwin road units that had been re-engined with EMD 567's fairly early in... (more)
After ducking under the E 26th Street overpass, MRSR's NP 7012A returns with its passenger consist after a short trip up Tacoma Hill during a weekend event at Freight House Square.
3 NP SD45's are on the former SP&S at Scribner, WA shortly after the merger to BN. These units have not been renumbered.
Northern Pacific 6506C is preparing to depart Seattle on the North Coast Limited. The Union Pacific station can be seen in the background.
The Northern Pacific Mainstreeter is splitting the semaphores at Stateline, WA on its way east.
A Northern Pacific U boat and SP&S Alco FA2 are at the throat of Yardley waiting to depart westbound.
