Day One for the 301: The westbound Empire Builder ascends Stevens Pass en route to Seattle on a cold and wet Spring morning. Pulling the train are two of Amtrak's newest: Siemens Mobility b... (more)

BNSF 7626 and a ATSF Dash 9 serve as DPUs on an eastbound stack train gliding down Chumstick cutoff at Sunitch Canyon Rd. west of Leavenworth, WA.

Montana is famous for their Two Medicine Bridge and Jens barn props, but we had one in Washington as well. Here BN 6485 leads a classic SD45/F45/SD40-2s mix upgrade through Chumstick Canyon west o... (more)

BN 6720 grinds train 3 up the 1 percent grade at Leavenworth, WA, meeting an eastbound freight with a crew member ready to inspect train 3. It's spring in the Cascades, and snow still abounds on t... (more)

A nice mix of EMD power led by BN SD45 no. 6512 climbs the one percent grade of the Chumstick cutoff west of Leavenworth, heading from Wenatchee to Seattle via the Cascade Tunnel under Stevens Pas... (more)

A westbound drag freight climbs the Chumstick cutoff grade west of Leavenworth with a pair of F9s on the point and vintage Geeps supporting, with more old EMD power on the rear as helpers. The gra... (more)

BNSF 7638 slows down to a crawl as it brings its train into Leavenworth siding above Leavenworth, WA. This siding sees frequent meets, and often has trains stored here when crews run short of time... (more)

BNSF 990 leads a colorful mix of power on an eastbound stack train through Leavenworth, WA, about 30 minutes west of a crew change at Wenatchee after climbing over Stevens Pass.

A westbound BNSF Z train arcs around the curve at milepost 1677 at Sunitch Canyon west of Leavenworth, Washington, on the afternoon of June 29, 2006. A quartet of GE C44-9Ws, along with a EMD SD40... (more)

Amtrak's Leavenworth Snow Train arrives at the station near Leavenworth in the midst of mountains and orchards. The full train will unload into school buses for the short ride into town and the em... (more)

A BNSF Z-train rolls downgrade after exiting the Chumstick tunnel on its way through the Chumstick cutoff, Leavenworth and on to Wenatchee, WA for a crew change. Note the patched door on the aging... (more)

BNSF 7638 rolls a stack train eastbound through Chumstick Canyon near Leavenworth, WA. This Labor Day weekend sunlight has now been replaced by snow.

Great fall weather continued through Halloween as an eastbound Z train bends into a curve near MP 1676 north of Leavenworth. The puddles had a bit of ice, and cool wet or snowy weather will quickl... (more)

BNSF 9309 leads a coal empty east toward Wenatchee, WA near Leavenworth in the Chumstick Canyon. Weather here was significantly better than just a few miles east where a Cle Elum area forest fire ... (more)

BNSF 8244 is the first westbound train out of Wenatchee since the Boeing J-train left about 830 AM. The time is about 415 PM, and the dominant traffic this day was eastbound. This train will meet ... (more)