BN F45 6620 leads an empty grain train east in the middle of two horseshoes that help elevate the former GN mainline from Gold Bar to Skykomish prior to making the mountain grade climb from Skykom... (more)

A BNSF Q-Train passes through the town of Index as it descends the grade down Stevens Pass.

A BNSF H1 leader rounds through the S curves at index, Wa.

The Boeing Local highballs through Index on its return trip to Everett after doing work in Skykomish

A Z-train crosses the North Fork Skykomish River in Index, WA.

westbound z crossing Sunset Falls bridge

An intermodal train passes through the town of Index, WA.

Sunset falls on a sunny day.

This shot from the top of the Index Town Wall puts the terrain of Stevens Pass into perspective. Baring Mountain dwarfs this 8000 plus foot intermodal as it rounds the horseshoe curve at Index.

After weeks of dark and wet weather, the skies finally cleared out and a westbound BNSF stack train crosses over the North Fork Skykomish River with the horn echoing in the small river town of Ind... (more)

A eastbound BNSF empty coke train crossing over the North Fork Skykomish River on the eve before Christmas Eve.

With the echo of the screeching rails and the blaring horn, a westbound BNSF stack train crosses over the North Fork Skykomish River as it curves through the secluded town of Index.

The Seattle section of the Empire Builder crosses the North Fork Skykomish River in the morning at Index, Washington while on its way down from Stevens Pass.

As evening comes to the mountain towns of the Western Washington Cascades, so does the eastbound Seattle/Spokane section of the Empire Builder as it wends its way up Stevens Pass. Here it crosses... (more)

An empty coal train rounds the horseshoe curve in Index, WA.