Anatomy of a Meet, Part 1: This is how to run a double-track railroad. The head ends of eastbound S-SEPLPC1-23K and westbound M-SPOPAS1-23A are three miles apart in this view of Providence... (more)
Anatomy of a Meet, Part 2: Westbound M-SPOPAS1-23A is now just shy of the Providence Hill summit while eastbound S-SEPLPC1-23K cruises downgrade toward a clear signal at Sand. The benefit ... (more)
Meet at the Edge of the Sky SP 4449, AMTK 23 and the passenger special meet a MOW train unloading concrete ties along the BNSF Lakeside Subdivision between Lind and Hatton.
In 2009, railroads idled whole fleets of locomotives in response to the massive decrease in traffic that resulted from the economic downturn. With seemingly every BNSF train in the Northwest powe... (more)
BNSF's Lakeside Subdivision has a 15-mile stretch of two main tracks between Cunningham and Lind which is often used for making running meets. The Pasco East dispatcher used this stretch to his a... (more)
Miles from anywhere, at the intersection of Providence and Lind-Hatton Road, a little red stop sign mostly goes ignored by the few motorists driving through.
2 days after large thunderstorms rolled though Eastern Washington, bright yellow desert flowers bloom for a few days against the golden sun baked hills.
Perhaps one of the most beautiful consists I have seen in a long time. After BNSF received its shipment of GE's, the predominant SD40-2 all but disappeared from the northwest rails. After two YEAR... (more)
It's a beautiful spring day atop Providence Hill. Eastern Washington will remain green for another month or so before being baked under the strong desert sun. An unusual vehicle train has 20 loads... (more)
An Interbay, WA (Seattle) grain train in a 2X2 lashup climbs Providence hill. The Dash 9 fleet is looking a little ragged these days as witnessed by the primer paint on the second unit.
CSX 5006 working hard upgrade and is just about to crest the summit at Providence
Oakway 9048 cresting Summit
A grain train climbs Providence Hill.
A Warbonnet leads a vehicle train through the reverse curves near the top of Providence Hill.
These are DPUs to a westbound grain train.
