No HEP (head-end power 480-v.) here in GN’s Seattle coach yard where the cars are hooked to ground steam on rainy April 9, 1970 The Big Sky Blue didn’t last long as the merger creating Burlin... (more)

Keeping Burlington Northern's route over Stevens Pass open during the winter months is hard work and requires locomotives, train crews, MOW employees and snow removal equipment to get the job done... (more)

Train 17, the North Coast Hiawatha has arrived at King St. Station powered by F45s Nos. 6640 and 6625, supported by an E8B converted to a heater car. This view shows the power after being disconne... (more)

Westbound Western Star.

The Mainstreeter not too long before the end.

The Mainstreeter not too long before the end.

Burlington Northern F45 number 6644 leads a westbound freight as it crosses the Wenatchee River at Dryden, WA.

Another cloudy July morning in the Washington cascade mountains. Eastbound BN F45 no. 6642 has just arrived at Skykomish.

In this photo from my collection BN 4193 leads two more ex NP RS-11"s and a SP&S FA on a westbound manifest at Pasco.

The Great Northern NW2 switching in Seattle was wearing the Big Sky Blue color scheme.

Same color! A late-1940s Ford pickup encounters NP veteran GP7 switching the Yakima Local at a sawmill in Ronald. Note tailings pile at right, a reminder of coal mines that powered NP steam locomo... (more)

How do you photograph your own train along scenic Puget Sound? Well, you lean out of the dutch door as far as you can and capture this image of round-end Great Northern Train 358's Observation/l... (more)

Here is a shot of GN Trains 357 - 358 (operating between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.) passing near Bellingham, Wash, after stopping to exchange border customs inspectors. Round-end Obs cars on b... (more)