MILW 502 works with their wreck crane putting derailed cars back on the track at Auburn, WA while UP's Valley Local from Kent heads south towards Sumner. This is MILW-UP joint trackage, and UP wou... (more)

A local picking up some ballast cars on the former GN line west of Spokane, WA. Later this year this line will be abandoned for a new line out of Spokane that by passed the downtown area to make ... (more)

Milw Road 2060 West rocks back and forth as it speeds down the right of way after departing Black River Junction.

Seven GP9s and GP9Bs lead a Spokane International train out of Spokane Yard.

It is the summer of 1982. A local freight near Spokane is lead by BN 1744 (ex NP 306), followed by BN 1764 (ex. GN 703), BN 1839 (ex, GN 687) and another geep.

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.

Five units still in pre-merger schemes leads this BN southbound at Tacoma in this shot from the spring of 1972. The Ex SP&S FA's didn't last very long in BN service. If I remember correctly they w... (more)

With less than a month to go before the March 1980 embargo, Milwaukee's Sumas Turn crosses the BN mainline along the Bellingham waterfront. After adding a few cars, the train will head for Tacoma ... (more)

Extra 21 East has just emerged from Snoqualmie Tunnel at Hyak, summit of the Cascades (2562'). Note poor condition of the siding, still in daily use. That's the Hyak substation in the background, ... (more)

Westbound Train 201 ascends Boylston Hill at the east switch of Doris. The 16-mile, 2.2%, 2000-foot climb from the Columbia River is longest and steepest on the Milwaukee.

Westbound Milwaukee Road freight train climbing the grade up from the Columbia River at Doris, Washington, on July 14, 1979. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund and courtesy of the more)

Southbound Milwaukee Road freight train climbing the steep grade out of Tacoma, Washington, on August 7, 1978. The train is passing under Interstate Five, whose entrance and exit ramps flank both ... (more)

UP's Mixed train "The City of Hinkle" at Spokane's Union Depot.

A Northern Pacific U boat and SP&S Alco FA2 are at the throat of Yardley waiting to depart westbound.

After the merger to BN, a number of trains had mixed consists. Witness this eastbound freight at Fort Wright, WA on the old Great Northern at the west end of Spokane with a red ex CB&Q U25C and t... (more)