An Empire Builder skirts Nason Creek while ascending the valley towards Stevens Pass. For about a half mile this location is the nearest that the roadbed comes to the creek, a tributary of the We... (more)
Amtrak's Pacific International heads north through Golden Gardens in Seattle en route to Vancouver, BC. This transition period featured steam generator cars to handle the steam heat still used by ... (more)
A late Amtrak Portland Section of the Empire Builder, Rolls through the long siding at Cooks, Washington on the beginning of it's long run to Spokane and eventually Chicago. Amtrak temporarily re... (more)
Train No. 8, the Empire Builder rounds the curve at Trinidad Loop in late afternoon lighting as it climbs out of the Columbia River valley between Rock Island and Quincy, WA.
During a solstice weekend on the BNSF's Scenic Subdivision at Gaynor, Washington (MP 1696.5), lupines are still hanging on to their late spring blooms on June 22nd, 2014 as a westbound Seattle sec... (more)