Certainly capable of hauling out the trash, a matched set of former Santa Fe Warbonnnets with a BNSF garbage train in tow head east toward the Roosevelt landfill. The lead unit BNSF 8277, an SD75I turned out to be quite an anomaly in the vast BNSF fleet of locomotives with only 98 models rostered. On the other hand, trailing unit BNSF 719, a C44-9 is not so rare with the railroad rostering thousands of its variants. What's unique is finding a matched set of the classic Santa Fe Warbonnet scheme nearly 19 years after the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe merger. Now that's COOL!
The famed natural aspect of the Pacific Northwest has drawn tourists and railfans alike from all over the world. This photo compilation showcases the sections where rails meet water between Washougal, WA/Troutdale, OR and Plymouth, WA/Boardman, OR.