BNSF 1038 and three mates make good time climbing Trinidad Loop out of the Columbia River Basin with an eastbound Z train. About 30 minutes out of Wenatchee, WA, the train is headed to Spokane and... (more)

BNSF 6175 and a red and silver Dash 9 head an empty coal train around Trinidad Loop on their climb from the Columbia River up to Quincy, WA. The train re-crewed at Wenatchee and is headed to Hause... (more)

BNSF 5463 leads a Z train west at Trinidad Loop near Crescent Bar, WA as is descends a 16 mile long one percent grade from Quincy, WA to Albus (Columbia River) siding on its way into Wenatchee, WA... (more)

BNSF 7335 gets a move on it after meeting the Spud local at Trinidad siding. Hauling the EVESPO manifest up Trinidad grade and loop, the train will meet a westbound Q train at the next siding in Q... (more)

BNSF 4813 eases a manifest freight downgrade on the lower side of Trinidad Loop with light snow on the ground just after New Years 2001. Aided by a BN SD40-2 and leased SD45, the 4813 shows off ab... (more)

Next to the Trinidad siding and elevator, BNSF maintenance crews have stacked an interesting pile of stick rail which gave off a nice orange reflection in the day's last light.

The Spud Local passes a Herzog maintenance train parked at the Trinidad elevator for the night. The local is returning to Wenatchee's Appleyard after working Quincy and possibly Ephrata during the... (more)

BNSF 3130 and a former Santa Fe GP40X have the Spud Local under control as they round Trinidad Loop on their way up to Quincy, WA. The tank cars could indicate a side trip to Ephrata is in store f... (more)

BNSF 4908 drops downgrade at Trinidad Loop with a short Z train featuring a quartet of Boeing 737 fuselages up front. Lately the Boeing planes have showed up in Wenatchee on everything from Z trai... (more)

Being chased by a cloud shadow, BNSF 7122 leads an empty oil train upgrade at Crater Lake just east of Trinidad Loop on its 16 mile climb out of the Columbia River valley up to Quincy, WA on the f... (more)

BNSF 6874 leads a quintet of power on an eastbound Z train out of South Seattle as it pops out of a tunnel and curves above Crater Lake on the upper side of Trinidad Loop about 25 miles east of We... (more)

A BNSF Z train headed east from Seattle nears the tunnel on the upper side of Trinidad Loop. The roof top view reveals a pair of just rebuilt SD70MACs trailing. They were rebuilt at Tacoma.

BNSF leads a Z-train from South Seattle to Chicago around the loop at Trinidad, WA. Z-trains had been dropped due to inability of BNSF to keep schedules in 2015 due to oil, coal and grains train i... (more)

BNSF 6032 heads an empty coal train east up the grade from Albus, near Rock Island dam for 16 miles to Quincy, WA which includes Trinidad loop. The train is about to leave the banks of the Columbi... (more)

BNSF 5751 gives a shove on the rear of an empty coal train as it climbs through Trinidad Loop near Crescent Bar, WA. Lead unit 6032's headlight is visible on the upper side of the loop over a mile... (more)