An eastbound Boeing train that operates between Seattle and Wichita, KS ascends the 16 mile long 1 percent grade from Columbia River siding (Albus) to Quincy on the former GN mainline. Here BNSF 1... (more)

Former GN F45, BN 6603 follows GN practice of running locos long hood front after the lead SD45 had an axle failure at Quincy, WA. Train 3, BN's hottest train was only delayed about 15 minutes whi... (more)

BNSF 6762 leads a long stack train around one half of the Trinidad Loop.

A BNSF Z train heads west down Trinidad loop. Today's train is handling Boeing loads in addition to normal intermodal traffic. This train had just completed a set out of refrigerated containers at... (more)

A Z train encounters Tunnel 11.1, built in 1940, at the top of the Trinidad Loop.

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)

BNSF 4169 has rounded Trinidad loop and continues its 16 mile climb out of the Columbia River valley east of Wenatchee, WA. The Z train will crest the hill at Quincy and race east to Spokane for a... (more)

BNSF 7456 leads a westbound stack train downgrade through Trinidad Loop near MP 1623 on the BNSF mainline between Quincy and Wenatchee, WA. This was one of seven trains through the loop between 1:... (more)

BNSF 4337 leads a westbound manifest train under the wooden trestle at the west end of the Trinidad Loop. Fellow railfan Robert Scott can be seen returning from his shot on the left. My shadow can... (more)

The daily Spokane-Everett freight drops from Quincy to the Columbia River via the Lynch Coulee and Trinidad curve. An old wood bridge provides an overhead view looking eastward up the valley.

BNSF 724 west waits for an eastbound stack train in the afternoon light.

Looking over some of my old black and white photos from my days spent studying Ansel Adams work and thought I might try my hand at black and white again. Here's an XTAC making it's way up from t... (more)

An appreciable amount of snow, sun, and trains can be a tricky combination in the semi-arid regions of eastern Washington. This spotless blue sky January finds a Chicago bound stack train roundin... (more)

Late on a summer afternoon, BNSF's daily Everett-Spokane manifest ascends the famous loop at Trinidad, just a few miles short of the completing the climb away from the Columbia River at Quincy.