Two GEEPS pull a long heavy manifest along the Columbia river near Bingen, WA. The crew lost PTC and had to run without it. The train was struggling to make track speed.

An empty BNSF oil train is climbing out of the Columbia river gorge on a cold but clear morning. The tank cars are headed back to Tioga, ND for another load of crude oil after leaving BP's ARCO re... (more)

A spotless T4 leds an Ogden, UT to Portland, OR manifest past some of the few remaining searchlight signals on UP's Portland sub. The Tier 4 loco Ace was running solo on the head end with two remo... (more)

A UP Seattle, WA to Gilliam, OR trash train is running through a snow storm as it glides along the Columbia river. The snow would continue to pile up leading to the closure of I84 and Washington S... (more)

BNSF has been somewhat short of power so the crew on this Vancouver. WA to Pasco Wa manifest was given two low horsepower GEEPs to haul 7500 plus tons of freight in the snow through the gorge. Eve... (more)

Almost 4 years after the UP/SP merger, no much has changed on Beaumont Hill in this scene A UP C44-9W leads a UP manifest under the searchlight signal bridge in Ordway, CA. The lead unit would be ... (more)

The sun is setting as a North Antelope Mine to Alma Wisconsin coal train tops the grade at Fryburg, ND. The lead unit was having loading issues and the crew was worried if they would make it up t... (more)

The sun made an appearance for this South Seattle to Chicago Z9. The climb out of the Columbia River gorge will end at Quincy, WA. The train had two DP units on the rear so it was making pretty go... (more)

A South Seattle to Chicago Z9 begins the climb out of the Columbia River gorge at Trinidad, WA. The train is 2X2 and will have no problem on the 1% grade that crests at Quincy, WA. Ahead is the Tr... (more)

A Hauser Yard, ID to Portland, Or vehicle train dashes through the snow on BNSF's Scenic Sub. The two fuselage cars on the head end are destined for Boeing's Renton, Wa plant.

The engineer of the the Super Chief checks his orders as he get ready to highball. Photo taken by my Grandfather, JC Weirich.

A baretable train descends the 2.2% grade of BNSF's track 2 as the sun sets. This is near hill 582.

3 SP SD45Rs are coming off the now defunct ex NP waterfront line after delivering their train to Stacy yard. The track nearest the photographer is the Seattle waterfront streetcar line. It ran unt... (more)

A BN officer's special descends the West side of BN's Stevens Pass line through the Cascade Mountains on a typical Pacific Northwest April cloudy day. The weather would turn to rain before the spe... (more)

3 freshly rebuilt SD45Rs are the power for today's LA to Seattle SP runthrough train. The BN crew took over this train at Brooklyn yard in Portland OR. SP power sure looked good when it was clean.... (more)