A pair of BN SD60M's lead a southbound autorack train through downtown Seattle. The lack of traffic at 1am made for an easy chase.

Amtrak's Empire Builder heads North through the Seattle Waterfront on a sunny winter afternoon.

A Lite power move heading southbound through the Seattle Waterfront on a sunny winter afternoon.

MILW SW1200 no. 630 switches cars on and off a barge at Seattle's waterfront in December 1978. Barge service here reached North Vancouver, as well as Puget Sound industries at Pt. Townsend, Pt. Ga... (more)

A close up of the rear of GN observation 1196, named City of Spokane brightens up a gray July day in Seattle at King St. Station. The car had come in as a charter on an Amtrak train. Note the BN o... (more)

GN observation 1196, named City of Spokane brightens up a gray July day in Seattle at King St. Station. The car had come in as a charter on an Amtrak train.

Amtrak's late afternoon Cascades service run from Seattle to Vancouver, BC leaves Seattle, crossing the Ballard draw bridge over the Ballard locks. This double track line was Great Northern's main... (more)

The tide is in as MILW 630 attempt to unload and load a barge on Puget Sound in Seattle. This barge appears to be mostly BC Rail equipment, which would then float to North Vancouver, BC.

A view not often seen, from the ground or the air. The turntable and roundhouse at BNSF's Balmer Yard in Seattle, WA. Featuring an SW1000, placed like it was just waiting to have it's photo ta... (more)

An Amtrak Cascades service train heads north across the Ballard bridge at the Lake Washington Shipping Canal in Seattle. It will make a 30 mile run along Puget Sound to Everett before continuing n... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlight makes good time in south Seattle on BN's mainline to Portland as it glides through S curves just north of Black River Jct. in October 1974. At this time the train was pret... (more)

A pair of SDP40Fs in the later styling head up the Coast Starlight as it prepares for departure from Seattle's King St. Station. The units are blocking the southbound main track, thus a BN transfe... (more)

In August 1972, BN E8 No. 9949 rests between assignments on the Seattle-Portland trains. The big E8A is sitting outside the shops at Interbay Yard.

An assortment of paint schemes inhabits stalls at BN's roundhouse at Interbay Yard. Workmen here use the turntable not only for access to the roundhouse, but also to turn power headed south to Por... (more)

A couple of BN workmen give E8 No. 9947 a ride on the turntable at Interbay Yard. They're helping prepare the silver lady for her next Amtrak assignment on a Seatlle-Portland train. Eventually she... (more)