In the early morning hours a northbound BNSF Coal train is heading through Tacoma, WA. This empty out of Centralia, WA will head east at Auburn and over Stampede Pass.
Rolling into Frederickson, Tacoma Rail's SD70ACe-P4 duo pulls a short train up to Allred Junction on a cloudy January day. The days are numbered for this operation as only weeks are left.
In the bitter winter weather of Stevens Pass, BNSF is still running trains up the 2.2% climb to the Cascade Tunnel. Seen here is an eastbound empty coal train heading around a curve after recently... (more)