Eastbound Z train heading up the Trinidad loop on the old GN mainline from Spokane to Seattle.

Westbound stack train coming through the Trinidad loop on the old GN mainline from Spokane to Seattle.

BNSF 5077 E/B Intermodal on the Trinidad Loop near Trinidad, WA on September 21, 2022. Power consists of BNSF 5077, KCS 4870, BNSF 9127, 9005, 6920 and 4280.

Trinidad Hill An empty coal train slams upgrade against a tortured landscape. Volcanic Fire, Water and Sun have carved an other worldly landscape on the edge of the Cascade Mountain Rang... (more)

Trinidad Hill A morning BNSF Z-train climbs the 1% grade of Trinidad Hill. The rails have been climbing since crossing the Columbia River at Rock Island and will soon transverse the Trinid... (more)

An empty BNSF grain train exits the Trinidad tunnel. after climbing Trinidad Loop.

BNSF 7963 snaking along the s-curves of Trinidad Hill, Washington State.

SPOEVE heads west downgrade at Trinidad.

Operating long hood first in a salute to the preference of previous owner Great Northern, BN 6603 has Train 3 pretty much on schedule after losing the lead SD45 at Quincy, WA due to a wheel failur... (more)

Trinidad Loop. This is a drone shot, but you can stand on the inside of the loop to the left of the locomotive and above the track and really appreciate the climb and the sounds of these beasts ro... (more)

BNSF 9802, an SD70MAC, in BN's older executive scheme brings up the rear of an eastbound coal empty that has taken the siding at Trinidad, WA for a meet. Even the rear end of the unit shows a touc... (more)

BNSF 9118 leads its eastbound empty coal train into Trinidad siding above Crescent Bar, WA where it will hold for a meet with a westbound train. Trinidad siding is located about halfway up the 16 ... (more)

BNSF 3130 and 3120, both GP50s, lead a westbound Quincy Local into Trinidad, WA at MP 1625 on its return from Quincy, WA to Wenatchee's Appleyard. The train operates weekdays as a turn originatin... (more)

BNSF 3130 leads a westbound Quincy Local into Trinidad, WA at MP 1625 on its return from Quincy, WA to Wenatchee's Appleyard. It is passing under a classic ranch access road bridge that has since ... (more)

Descending Trinidad loop towards the Columbia River