Union Pacific, UP W/B Wallace Branch local with a mixed freight of 17 cars passes the former Dishman depot on April 16, 2010. This mixed freight has 16 carloads of finished lumber and 1 empty fert... (more)

Union Pacific, UP 540 W/B Wallace Branch Local returning from Plummer at Freeman, WA on May 17, 2006 with UP 541. This train only had 8 cars as this was soon after the St. Maries River RR bridge c... (more)

A BNSF grainer ambles north through the Palouse on its way to home rails at Marshall and thence to one of the Columbia River ports for export. These rails belong to the State of Washington and are... (more)

Columbia Basin Railroad, CBRW 608 leads the Connell Turn near Simensen, WA on June 18, 2024 with CBRW 166 & 12. All units are rebuilt SD9's from different railroads.

Cascade and Columbia River RR E/B near Rocky Reach, WA with CFNR 106 and a mixed freight of mainly empty cars to be loaded at Oroville, Janis, Brewster and Okanagan. There were a couple of loaded ... (more)

Washington Easter RR, WER 7348 departing the Coulee City elevators with an E/B "Scoot Train" with WER 7363 on June 7, 2022 for 4 Lakes, WA. Both units are former Conrail/CSX Dash 8 GE un... (more)

Waterfront Running. One of the morning Sounder runs into town heads by the Seattle Waterfront with the Ferris Wheel in the background.

Bellingham in 2010.

Westbound Auto train with a little bit of manifest freight tacked on the rear. That's the only train I got for my effort.

Columbia Basin, CBRW 2282 running light to a potato warehouse on the former Milwaukee Road in Warden to pick up one loaded reefer of potatoes on August 3, 2005. Unit was originally an ATSF GP9 reb... (more)

Departing the Station. Led by a Non-Powered Control Unit, the 503 departs south out of the King Street Station.

The Lone Pumpkin A single Dash 9W sits in downtown Wenatchee while the Seattle section of the Empire Builder is stopped at the station

The late afternoon of Memorial Day sees a Pasco to Everett manifest roll along the banks of Puget Sound as it approaches Sunnyside Beach and a southbound garbage train near Steilacoom.

Roster shot of BNSF 3183 & 2642 working Appleyard on September 20, 2022. The BNSF 3183 is a former ATSF GP50 rebuilt to what BNSF considers a GP25. This power was switching and later worked the &q... (more)

BNSF 8506 a N/B Export Grain train at Steilacoom, WA on October 22, 2020 with BNSF 7458. 2 Pumpkins with about a week before Halloween. High Tide on Puget Sound.