With a Talgo set out-of-service for maintenance, this is what Cascade Service looks like today. No need for transition cars in this configuration.

Entering Everett on this frosty, foggy morning, the Talgo set sports 461 instead of the usual cabbage unit.

A good illustration of the principle that, just because a locomotive CAN be repainted into the latest corporate image, it's NOT always an improvement that it HAS been.

The NorthWestern appeared to be an integral part of the UP long before the actual takeover, as seen here on UP's Sherman Hill.

Exhibiting indications of both its old and new identities -- CNW and UP -- 3068 leads a probable PRCB downhill toward the Mississippi crossing and Iowa in the late afternoon.

While not exactly conforming to the Talgo's design aesthetic, techno-toaster 509 ably propels a northbound Cascade toward Stanwood, Bellingham, and eventually Vancouver, BC. on a frosty morning.

A southbound stacker struts its stuff beneath the snowy visage of Mt. Baker. The power department put the grungy units at the back, including a filthy ex-QNSL SD-40 begging for a wash!

Oversized aircraft parts containers on the Boeing local. A good argument for shipping by rail -- can you imagine loads like this on area streets daily?

The Empire State Express heels into the cliffside station at Rhinecliff, NY. Step back too far for the photo and you end up in the Hudson river!

The Central Michigan ran a spiffy operation in its day -- especially in the winter conditions that so frequently characterized its territory.

After 35 years of service, 20 and sister 21 have been put to rest behind the shops. Note the Wabash-era white stripes trying to peek through the orange!

Kentucky? Georgia? Nope -- Milan, Michigan in the early days of integrating the Southern with the NW.

Four locomotives on the head end and five more helpers cut in mid-train boost a typical long SP freight up the Cuesta grade and over the Santa Margueritas.

Just like horses, locomotives gather around the old watering holes ... and sand towers. These GP35s have now been following this routine for over 40 years.

Looking at an image like this, you'd think the Ann Arbor was a big operation! Well, it makes an interesting impression anyway ...