The Lone Pumpkin A single Dash 9W sits in downtown Wenatchee while the Seattle section of the Empire Builder is stopped at the station

Roster shot of BNSF 3183 & 2642 working Appleyard on September 20, 2022. The BNSF 3183 is a former ATSF GP50 rebuilt to what BNSF considers a GP25. This power was switching and later worked the &q... (more)

Amtrak 7 sits in the Cascades in the hamlet of Wenatchee, WA, with the Seattle section of the Empire Builder

BN 1828 and 1762 head up a couple tracks of local and helper service power at Wenatchee in early June 1974. Wenatchee was a hub for locals serving the Wenatchee Valley, the branch to Oroville, the... (more)

BN 10249 sits with other cabooses between local runs at Wenatchee, WA. It would continue is service on the BN at least until 1987 when FREDs started taking over rear end duties.

SP 4449 has arrived in Wenatchee, WA with the American Freedom Train in early November 1975. The engine has been placed at the locomotive facilities for fuel/water before continuing west over Stev... (more)

Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha led by AMTK 564, a second phase SDP40F, makes a station stop at Wenatchee, WA, where at this time the head end crew should have been changed. The train is eastbound f... (more)

BN 1976 was specially painted for the U.S. Bicentennial in 1975. The unit was a former GN SDP40 bought in 1966 for passenger service. Of the six units, one made it to Montana Rail Link, BNSF kept ... (more)

CFNW 106 & CSCD 1001 make a light engine move after arriving in Wenatchee with traffic generated on their former Great Northern Ry Oroville Branch. Rail America was acquired by Geneses & Wyoming i... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder pulls into Wenatchee. In the background stands the 1920s Cascadian Fruit storage building. This warehouse was one of the first of its kind to employ refrigeration and was u... (more)

A westbound BNSF stack train departs Wenatchee, Washington, in the middle of a brief snowstorm on February 20, 2017. The train will soon begin climbing toward the Cascade Tunnel and is passing the... (more)

After a quick crew change in Wenatchee, a Seattle to Chicago Z train crosses the Yakima River at Rock Island, Washington. The Great Northern Railway chose this location because it was the narrowes... (more)

The Cascade & Columbia River is seen arriving Wenatchee as the snow from last nights storm retreats from the Columbia River.

Prior to the BNSF, BN regularly used helpers on Stevens Pass. In the mid-1980s crews were protected by these BioPaks, one per crew member. Helpers were cut in near the rear or on the back of train... (more)

BN 1796, former GN 723, a late phase GP9 built in October 1957, was caught resting at Wenatchee, WA, part of a helper set, in early June 1974. This unit seemed to hang around northwest Washington,... (more)