An F9 ABBA helper set will assist a freight on its climb to Marias Pass.
In a classic scene that can't be replicated today, the helper set out of Essex with F9A 810 (NP 7002D), F9B 809 (NP 7002C) and GP9 1765 (GN 692) has uncoupled from a heavy eastbound manifest they ... (more)
Nearing the summit of the grade northbound out of Bellingham yard, BN 810 has its game face on at Cliffside.
The NP rarely if ever ran F-Units into Bellingham. The BN thought otherwise as the New West Local power chills on the pass at Bellingham Depot.