It's 1988 and the Burlington Northern is doing some major work on its premier line though Washington. Flash forward to 2008. The BNSF Railway is doing some major work on one of its many lines thou... (more)

Switching job complete this hogger gases out at the Port of Seattle as he heads back into the Terminal.

A switch job pulls a cut of intermodal containers under the Alaskan Way Viaduct as irate Mariners fans stand at the crossing for almost 10 minutes as this train makes switching movements.

Ramming Speed!!! - That's what I heard over the radio, and the chase was on. Road and weather conditions allowed for this pace shot just before "Stop Stop Stop" was heard. Apparently the Snowplow ... (more)

The plow continues to move the right-of-way over the side of the high bridge on BNSF's Stampede line. (Thats right Northwesteners, plow in the winter on Stampede. I'll let that sink in for a while... (more)

A shot in the winter off Stampede Pass is rare enough, but the plow?! The most unfriendly crew I've ever met runs the plow over the pass to move the right-of-way a little further off to the sides.... (more)

The last thing you snowball sees. The glow above the mountains is from night ski operations at Stevens Pass and not the beautiful full moon from this weekend.

Conductor Steve Flores climbs back aboard his train after rolling a Loram undercutter by at Scenic. The undercutter operator has his work cut out for them as the unit is not equipped with dynamic ... (more)

One of my favorite shots from last winter (06/07) at one of my favorite spots known to fellow rail fans as “The Slot”. This shot means a lot to me on a 11° day that started off with a some w... (more)

Record heavy snows buried Stevens Pass last December so BNSF wastes no time bringing out the big guns to clear the Right of Way. At one point over the scanner I hear BNSF engineer Michael “Mad-... (more)

Many people make the fatal mistake of choosing railroad tracks for shortcuts, jogging, hiking, etc. and the stretch of railroad between Seattle and Everett kills an average of 16 trespassers a yea... (more)

An old BN work truck comes out of the Cascade Tunnel as they finish welding some rail inside the tunnel. A few minutes later, we (2 college kids and a 30-year old, all w/ cameras, and Im wearing ... (more)

OK George, I think that far enough!

Lead unit of a Chicago, IL to Tacoma, Wa stack train is stuck in the mud. The crew was lucky that they didn't land in Puget Sound.