Eastbound stack and pleasant spring weather in the Cascade Mountains with Rock Mountain as a backdrop.
A patch of sunlight near the end of daylight provides a lit opportunity of this uphill train with an Oakway SD 60 providing a boost.
The drama of an uphill drag on a hot day in September. The nose of the 4585 appears to be wind-burnt. Shot at a safe distance with 200mm focal length.
Eastbound morning Z drifting downhill through Gaynor in the Cascade Mountains, pic taken from "Railfan Rock".
Climbing the steepest part of the Scenic Sub on the 2.2 grade between Merritt and East Portal, a west-bound vehicle train powers past the greaser at MP 1695.5
A classic track-side shot of Santa Fe and NS power pulling through the Gaynor railfan "campground" in the Cascade Mountains.
Going retro with a 60 on front of this WB stacker. The "floodgates" had opened up and the trains which had been delayed by Montana flooding all seemed to be resuming their trips west, making for ... (more)
Hot day for a hot train! Belching tons of heat and exhaust in the surrounding 90F+ day, BNSF 5415 struggles at a walking pace up the eastern flanks of Stevens Pass. Fellow photographer more)
The morning Z coasts downhill through Gaynor. View is from the service road at the lower corner near the MP marker looking west.
Westbound passing through the Gaynor Hobo Camp after nightfall lights up the Nason Creek Trestle
Morning Z hitting the curve at the east side of Gaynor.
An H-1 leads a six unit consist up the hill on a pleasant September afternoon. View is from the southwest bank of the canyon.
Passing through the Gaynor area with Chiwaukum Ridge in the background and bathed in evening sunlight the 7334 follows the setting sun, the summit of the hill within reach.
Sun breaks and clouds presage the changing of Summer to Fall with Rock Mountain shadowed in the background and this Z train in the foreground
Three GE's and an EMD work a stacker over and through the Cascade Mountains on the aptly named Scenic Sub five miles from the top of the hill.
