After waiting one hour for MOW crews to clear out of the Cascade Tunnel just a few miles East of Deception Falls, BNSF finally sends its Z-CHCSSE down the hill using their Dynamic Breaks battling ... (more)

BNSF 6414 leading a pair of SD70ACes holds the main track at Scenic Siding waiting for the Cascade Tunnel to have its exhaust blown out of the west portal after meeting a westbound train here. Onc... (more)

BNSF 9749 crosses over Deception Falls approaching the West Scenic siding

BNSFs Seattle to Chicago Z train slips between the Bonneville Cut in the morning hours.

On a cold misty morning BNSF 6799 pulls a empty Grain Train up the 2% grade of Stevens Pass rounding through the "Bonneville Cut"

Crew change time at Scenic, WA viewed from the Hwy 2 overpass just west of the Cascade Tunnel. The eastbound freight has pulled up to the end of the siding as its crew has run out of time. A new c... (more)

The EJ&E heritage unit leads an empty oil train across Deception Creek Trestle during its first visit to Washington State.

I sometimes think BNSF Heritage II is for the birds. Here is proof. The crow holds the main at Scenic while a stack train waits in the siding for the tunnel to clear and for a Z train to over take... (more)

BNSF 8090 is in dynamics and has brakes set as it guides its Z train down the 2.2% grade toward Skykomish. The old GN mainline is engulfed in evergreen foliage.

BNSF 8066 has just exited the Cascade Tunnel and rolls by a waiting empty coal train which has the main. Those 737s are a tight fit in the tunnel and BNSF spends plenty of money each year maintain... (more)

Eastbound empty coal train from Roberts Bank makes its way up Stevens Pass at the Deception Creek bridge.

Westbound and coming down the mountain just below Scenic, Stevens Pass, Washington.

BNSF 5225 and an SD70ACe serve as DPUs on an empty oil train climbing Stevens Pass at Deception Creek near Scenic, WA. Clearances are tight on this climb, and the oil train will meet a westbound Z... (more)

BNSF 7592 pops out of a tree tunnel at MP 1722 on its eastbound climb up Stevens Pass from Skykomish. It is on the approach to Scenic siding where it will cool its heels while the Cascade Tunnel c... (more)

BNSF 7592 climbs Stevens Pass entering what appears to be a tunnel of trees at MP 1722 just west of Scenic, WA and the Cascade Tunnel. This train is an empty oil train with 2 units of the point an... (more)