An eastbound freight led by BN 6925 pauses at Skykomish to add helpers before heading up Stevens Pass to the Cascade Tunnel and on to Wenatchee. F45s were regularly mixed in with the big SDs at th... (more)

Passing through the town of Skykomish is an eastbound Burlington Northern freight with 21,600 horsepower up front – six BN SD40-2s (6376, 8180, 8000, 6820, 8075 and 8060) with a lone SD45 (BN 64... (more)

The town of Skykomish and the BNSF continue to rebuild and upgrade infrastructure after last year's fire, evidence of its damage can be seen on the hill in the background. Locomotive crane BN 9755... (more)

The Green Machine

BN 972500 sits in Skykomish, WA awaiting the next call to clear snow on BNSF's Stevens Pass mainline. Snow volume and traffic density will determine if the machine will be called to duty. This uni... (more)

In the bitter winter weather of Stevens Pass, BNSF is still running trains up the 2.2% climb to the Cascade Tunnel. Seen here is an eastbound empty coal train heading around a curve after recently... (more)

On a freezing cold, December day snow pours down onto a westbound Z nearing Skykomish.

on a cold, foggy fall night a BNSF coal train holding in the siding lights up the sky as a westbound BNSF z passes with a flaming brake shoe.

BN 8185 has its train stopped near the Skykomish, WA depot on the siding to allow helpers to be removed. Having made the trip from Wenatchee over Stevens Pass, the train will continue to Seattle o... (more)

BN 2211, rebuilt from GN GP30 no. 3011 (built May 1963), was parked at Skykomish, WA with a rail train. It would appear from the cab that the unit may have had wreck damage at some point. BN did a... (more)

BN F45 no. 6637 heads up an eastbound freight at Skykomish, occupying the siding while a set of helpers are being added to the rear of the train. They will help the train climb Stevens Pass and be... (more)

CN 3023 the EJ&E heritage unit, leads this eastbound oil train on a warm September morning.

BNSF 8460 starts its long climb up the Cascade Mountains on a July summer evening.

BNSF 6818 keeps the dynamics on as it eases it train around the corner off Stevens Pass grade and rolls past an eastbound waiting in the siding at Skykomish, WA. Its train is a Z train bound for B... (more)

An eastbound empty coal train rolls through Skykomish, WA, location of one of two "Virtual Railfan" cameras (out of at least 20 the site has) in Washington state, having evidently passed... (more)