A four unit headend helper assists two B36-7s on a trailer train around Horseshoe Curve. The fall colors were spectacular.

Branchline railroading at it's finest. The Sumas Roadswitcher has two empty grain cars in tow as it crosses the Sumas River. This line was part of the Milwaukee Road's Glacier line. It was one of ... (more)

BN 1 and 2 haul a 6 car BN director's special Northbound.

A GB&W RS3 smokes it up while switching cars.

A rare 4 window Dash 9 leads a manifest train West in the Fraser River canyon. A new crew is on board the train after a crew change at Boston Bar.

Nearly new ES44DC 7508 highballs the hot Z train Eastbound along the Skykomish river. That's snow covered Mt. Index in the background.

Two DPUs have gone into dynamic brake mode to help slow the momentum of this UP autorack train while descending the Blue Mountains at Kamela, OR. The long telephoto accentuates the mountain grade ... (more)

Brand new BNSF Warbonnet Dash 9 797 leads an interesting mix of power over the Green River Bridge on BNSF's Stampede Pass line.

The lead unit of th is UP drag freight has gone dead so the train is struggling to stay moving.

A Manifest freight crossed the Green River Bride as it descends BNSF's Stampede Pass line. This bridge was part of a line relocation in 1913.

BN 752 basks in the sun at Auburn.

It's a Canadian invasion. 3 CN locos outnumber the lone BNSF unit on this Edmonton, AB to Everett, WA manifest. This is on BNSF's Bellingham Sub which sees a high number of CN pooln power locos.

Ex Washinton Central SW1200 202 is about to shove an ex UP now NREX "renta a wreck" SD50 into the roundhouse for repair work. The shop forces have been kept busy fixing up the lease fleet that's h... (more)

An SD70MAC leads an empy coal train out of McElroy Coulee at dawn. This coal train serves the Centralia, WA coal fired power plant and is running empty back to the Spring Creek mine for reload.

This ex Frisco/BN now BNSF SD40-2 was recently repainted at Livingston, MT.