The first of 16 trains we would catch that day while camped track (and river) side at Towal, WA.

Stack train passing by "Railfan Rock", dynamics whirring, on the east bound down-grade from Stevens Pass, WA. in the Cascade Mountains.

Nearly at the end of a run up the hill with a train of logs for the sort yard and Mill 5. MT Rainier is in the picture today, too.

BNSF 7034 east with it's manifest rushes through Lyle, Wa. as it makes it's way through the scenic Columbia River Gorge.

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A westbound intermodal train rolls through Towal, WA, as temperatures approach 100 degrees and speed restrictions take effect.

An eastbound manifest rolls out of a rock cut at Maryhill, WA, with temperatures approaching 100 degrees.

An eastbound mixed vehicle and intermodal train rounds the S-curves just west of Maryhill, WA, on a "pleasant" morning that would end passing 100 degrees and result in us cooling off in that beaut... (more)

Empty coal drifting downgrade eastbound off the Nason Creek trestle in the Cascade Mountains. Rock Mountain is in the background.

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There were a couple of westbounds that slowed this eastbound down, so I got to twiddle my tumbs while standing on the Highway 197 bridge waiting for this one to get moving again. Not recommended ... (more)

Gliding through the S curves of Maryhill, WA another grain train destined for Kalama, WA and export rolls down the Columbia River George. BNSF's predecessor Spokane Portland & Seattle and Union Pa... (more)

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