A westbound Z train heads downgrade at the Trinidad Loop. BNSF 1101 was involved in a wreck in Arizona in October, 2000, and was nearly totaled. When BNSF repainted it in 2002, it was repainted in... (more)

A BNSF ES44AC leads two SD70MAC's and an empty coal train eastbound over Gaynor Trestle which spans Nason Creek.

BNSF 7281 leads an eastbound stack train over Nason Creek and out of the 7.8-mile long Cascade Tunnel, the longest in the United States.

An eastbound intermodal "K" Line train travels into the small town of North Powder. On the main, a Federal Railroad Administration geometry test car waits to head west. This car checks the gauge o... (more)

I was lucky enough to be invited onto the "Warren R. Henry," a private dome car which was originally built for the Union Pacific Railroad. The private car is owned by "Patrick Henry Creative Promo... (more)

GM/EMD delivered all SD70MAC locomotives to Burlington Northern/BNSF with the GM HTCR truck. This radial bolsterless truck features three axles, and three traction motors. A truck that has bolster... (more)

An eastbound Everett to Pasco manifest train travels through Yakima Canyon along the Yakima River. A oxbow lake creates a nice reflection for the three head end units. To see a later shot of this ... (more)

A Blomberg "M" type truck on a BNSF GP38-2. The Blomberg "M" type truck is based off of the Blomberg "B" type truck, which has been in service since 1938. The first locomotive that used the "B" ty... (more)

A Herzog HyRail truck gets pulled behind a loaded rail train just west of Winton.

Cherries bloom on the right of an officer's special pulled by Southern Pacific 4-8-4 #4449. "Daylight" runs down a street on the old Burlington Northern line through Salem, Oregon.

Burlington Northern 975325, a 25-Ton American model 5030DE crane was likely built in February of 1991 as a self-powered locomotive crane. Fitted with either a 426 cubic inch Detroit Diesel model 7... (more)

Oddly enough, the oldest unit on this empty grain train has the newest paint scheme. Starting from the rear- BNSF 947, a C40-8W sports the latest scheme, the "Powerbar" or "Swoosh," otherwise know... (more)

BNSF 4955 passes a DPU on a grain train. The snow has picked up the past few days, with Skykomish receiving a good 12" in the last 48 hours.

BNSF 9949 leads an empty grain train over the High bridge just east of the abandoned town of Lester, Washington. Lester was once a bustling railroad town, but now all that remains is a shell, a sh... (more)

BNSF GP60M #100 leads a westbound rock train through the Columbia River Gorge on a windy winter morning.