Eastbound at Grotto with Mt Index in the background on the BNSF Scenic Subdivision

At Grotto, curving and climbing up the Skykomish River Drainage toward Stevens Pass on a bright winter morning.

A Cascade Range blizzard is in full effect as BNSF's daily M-EVESPO glides across the Skykomish River during twilight's gloom. (With apologies to Bob Ross for stealing a few thousand of his ether... (more)

Dashing through the snow: Winter has finally arrived in the Pacific Northwest, and with it comes more trouble for Amtrak's Empire Builder. Running some six hours late on a snowy Satu... (more)

Ghost train in the rain: Evoking memories of children's tales telling of mysterious lights piercing the night, an empty coal train streaks across the Skykomish River on a gloomy, rainy wint... (more)

After meeting the Empire Builder at Monroe, an empty Roberts Bank coal train returning to the PRB assaults the Casca... (more)

After record flooding in parts of Western Washington, it's nice to see sunshine again. The Scenic sub is the only subdivision that has remained open during the bad weather.

A BNSF Eastbound stack train gets some help from two CSX locos.

BNSF 4782 coming around the S-curve outside of Grotto, Wa