Simpson Timber SW1200 # 1201 shuffles empty log bunks within the sprawling mill complex in Shelton, WA. Picture taken on mill property with permission.

Plenty O' Power waiting for its next assignment at Burlington Northern's Interbay Roundhouse locomotive facility. There are still numerous SD45's on the roster at this date and they would continu... (more)

Powered by the only two GP30's ever built & delivered in Canada, CPRail's Huntingdon Turn lays over at the Canada/U.S.A. Border while the crew eats lunch waiting for their return train to be built... (more)

Posing in the sunlight just outside the dump house for the Continental Grain Elevator these two eclectic locomotives wait to unload the next unit train of bulk agricultural commodities from Burlin... (more)

Gliding around the Pillars Of Lyle a loaded BNSF grain train heads toward Kalama, WA and its contents headed for export overseas.

The Slocan Local makes its way up the Slocan River valley to its namesake town of Slocan City in the West Kootenay region with 8 empty bulkhead flat cars for loading at the Slocan lumber mill. Th... (more)

The engineer on BN 2539 South sounds whistle signal 14L as the Ferndale Turn crosses Main Street in downtown Conway.

The new Black Gold for BNSF in the form of Bakken Crude oil glides gracefully along the Columbia River at the base of Wind Mountain

A Barber Shop Quartet of EMD F45's lead a Burlington Northern eastbound freight along Puget Sound through the "S" curves at Carkeek Park enroute to Everett, then east over Stevens Pass and onward ... (more)

Sure there is the unique MLW/Alco locomotives, but when one envisions BCRail there's usually an image of rugged mountain scenery on steep grades clinging the rocky hillside of a dramatic river can... (more)

LUMBER! This commodity is the reason for the Southern Pacific's Siskiyou Branch existence after the Natron Cutoff through Klamath Falls was completed in the early 1900's. Seen here between assig... (more)

On an extremely warm late spring day in the Thompson River Canyon, a Canadian Pacific Railway merchandise freight rolls through Basque, BC. The ambient temperature was so warm on this particular ... (more)

Waiting for departure time at King Street Station an Operation Lifesaver Special will head south to Portland, OR. This train sponsored by Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Amtrak and Burlington No... (more)

Plunging through Tunnel No. 2 a BNSF grain empty from Vancouver is headed east back to the northern plains for another load of grain.

With all crew members intently keeping a sharp lookout on the route ahead, ST&E slowly trundles down Roosevelt Street after pulling the Union Pacific interchange with a fair sized train. Displayi... (more)