Prior to abandonment, Weyerhaeuser moved all equipment off the OC&E. One of the clean-up trains starts up the grade to the east switchback. The lead unit was originally GE demonstrator 2501.

BNSF 5919 leads an older Heritage I Dash 9 east on an empty coal train as it snakes along the Missouri River near its headwaters just north of Lombard, MT. The area is fairly remote, enjoyed by fi... (more)

Eastbound manifest train east of Towal in the Columbia River Gorge.

Southbound train approaching Maupin in the Deschutes River Canyon.

Northbound train north of Oakbrook in the Deschutes River Canyon.

Oregon, California & Eastern's first train of the summer 1988 season approaches the West Switchback. Note the train's caboose in the distance.

As Portland begins to warm up for spring, a lone former SP patch job awaits the next call to duty in Albina. Yard.

The southbound Coast Starlight arrives at Portland. General Electric's flashy 500-class locomotives had just gone into service on trains 11 and 14.

Two Amtrak Cascades and the Empire Builder in downtown Seattle. The clock tower belongs to King Street Station.

On September 23, 2008, Montana Rail Link’s Polson local crosses the wood trestle at Moiese, Montana. Unfortunately, the “Flathead Flyer” to Polson doesn’t run anymore…

Amtrak's Expo 74 service was set up to provide daily daytime trains between Seattle, Everett, Wenatchee & Spokane on a schedule similar to the old GN Cascadian. The train lasted during the summer ... (more)

On what is likely the nicest Washington day of 2017 so far, a Sounder commuter train nears its next stop of Tacoma having just left Puyallup. The rolling fields and snow capped mountain provide a ... (more)

BNSF MLAUPAS heads west over Bridge 62 at Tuscor, Montana, on May 20, 2011. The manifest freight is powered by three BNSF C44-9Ws—one each of Heritage 2, Heritage 1 and Santa Fe warbonnet scheme... (more)

Empty garbage containers depart Klamath Falls on a winter morning. This train is moving empties from the landfill at Roosevelt, WA to a reload on California Northern.

On a gorgeous spring afternoon along the Columbia River, two consecutively-numbered UP motors and a CEFX unit lead a Canadian grain train towards points west.