The roster of the Columbia Business Center short line is present in this photo: SW1200 CBCX 565, GE 80 tonner CBCX 102, and the tiny bit of orange behind it is GE 25 tonner CBCX 103

Union Pacific's OSEGL trash train heads south through Titlow Beach on a late summer evening.

A stack train races alongside the Columbia River Gorge

A stack train races alongside the Columbia River Gorge

BNSF 277 leads the southbound Everett to Roosevelt trash train south out of CP Ruston and into Nelson Bennett Tunnel.

BINGEN WA Sept 27 1978 — Burlington Northern GP35 2511 leads a mixed freight west on the Fallbridge Sub. Rolling trains were rare as this was in the middle of a nationwide railroad strike. My ph... (more)

The Coast Starlight arrives from the coach yard

An Everett-bound Sounder departs

Oranges. The matched set of BNSF Railway 286 (née-BNSF 8286, SD75I, EMD, 10/1997) and 288 (née-BNSF 8288, SD75I, EMD, 10/1997) prepares to depart Roosevelt, Washington with U-ROOEVE to re... (more)

Stevens Pass The Great Northern Railroad surveyed Stevens Pass in 1890 and chose it as the the location for its Transcontinental Mainline. The original alignment was plagued by problems a... (more)

Empire Builder Eastbound Empire builder crosses Nason Creek while sliding down Steven's Pass in typical Cascade Mountain weather. This location has been popular with railroad buffs for ye... (more)

The Empire Builder snakes its way through downtown Seattle

Old Timer A vintage pair of SD9s lead the Connell Turn south of Warden, Washington. The bustling agricultural railroad uses a small fleet of SD9's to move freight thru the Coulees of Centr... (more)

a Eastbound BNSF Autorack crosses the Skykomish river during blue hour

Running seven hours behind schedule, the Empire Builder rolls westward through the Columbia River Gorge. Melonas siding was built in 2017. It is named to honor a family that has produced three gen... (more)