Old and new. One of BNSF newest additions hangs around Vancouver with the old Santa Fe slogan of BNSF 2959

The Spokane-Portland leg of the Empire Builder has arrived at PDX and will wye after crossing the Steel Bridge, for the return trip to Spokane.

UP 9522, one of the few rebuilt Dash-8's on UP's roster has become a regular around Portland the last few months. Teamed up with a GP60, the duo has been making transfers to and from the BNSF yard... (more)

Flying down the Gorge

The BN is still well represented in the PNW. My first shot of one of these white faced, cascade green SD60Ms since moving up to Portland.

Former McCloud River Railroad ALCO 2-6-2 steams out of Garibaldi or a nice fall day.

A Portland Western transfer leaves Albina Yard. The lead unit is a former Cotton Belt SD45 (SSW 9153), that eventually went on to the SP rebuild program before becoming under ownership of Genese a... (more)

Power at the Albina engine house

A lone SD40 rebuild switches a cut of trailers as a genset sits in the foreground.

An old white faced BN switches a cut of cars around Vancouver.

Coal exports with SD70MACS from the midwest blasts out of the natural basalt tunnel of Lyle.

Today at Albina we see some examples of more standard power on the Union Pacific. Note the Southern Pacific bay window caboose, SP 4729, which is tacked onto the back of the wrecking crane consist... (more)

Loaded oil heading north.

A morning manifest overpowers the rushing waters of the Sacramento river. Castle Crag can be seen dominating the background.

A smelly garbage train heads east along the mighty Columbia River George. A Dash-9 wearing the new BNSF scheme, over powers the sound of westward winds as fall approaches.