Seattle's Balmer Yard features a mini-hump, still in use in 2017. For years the hump was under the control of BN 6004, X-GN 554, a vintage SD7 that escaped the Mesabi Iron Range in northern Minnes... (more)

One of the oldest locomotives on the BN roster at merger day was BN 991, a 1946 model NW5, one of EMD's earliest attempt at a road switcher. X-GN 191, the unit worked its final years in the Pacifi... (more)

Ready for action in the middle of the night, BN's class F45 no 6600 (x-GN 427) and BN 2220, a former Burlington GP30 (still with Mars light), stand side by side outside the roundhouse at Interbay ... (more)

BN 474, a vintage NW2 is parked at Stacy St. Yard with celebrity caboose, BN 11444. This one of a kind caboose was built by Great Northern at St. Cloud, MN shops as a prototype that led to their X... (more)

MILW 741 is a fairly new MP15AC, one of a large order of 64 units received from EMD between December 1975 and March 1976. These would be Milwaukee Road's last new locomotives acquired. Most operat... (more)

There are very few Class Ones that still have a working roundhouse and turntable anymore which is one thing (among many) that makes Seattle's rail scene special. But at the north end of BNSF's Bal... (more)

Time Warp

While the skyline is decidedly 2017 the motive power is much more 1987! In this view looking north on the Seattle Sub we see a hostler job holding at the Spokane Str... (more)

The Seahawks Unit Passing by the Stadium

Amtrak Cascades train 504 arrives in Seattle, Washington, about 30 minutes late on its run from Portland, Oregon, on January 23, 2017.... (more)

The Sounder of Silence

A set of Sounder equipment, with F59PHI for power, is serviced in Seattle, Washington, on January 19, 2017. Sounder commuter trains are maintained at the Amtr... (more)

The Rocky Mountaineer Tour Train arrives at King Street Station at Seattle.

A mixed freight heads alongside Alaskan Way, Seattle, 3837 & 6576 provide the power, 5 Sept 2016

A beautiful fall afternoon greets the crew of train 3 as it cruises along Puget Sound at Carkeek Park with an unusual lashup of an LMX Dash 8 40B, MPI SD45 and B30-7A. Actually the unusual was sor... (more)

BN 8159 and mate are out for a stroll along Puget Sound on the former Great Northern mainline between Seattle and Everett. The 8159 is the trailing unit as the light power heads north toward Evere... (more)

MILW 618 heads a transfer from Black River Jct., near Renton, WA where the MILW mainline separates from the Pacific Coast Railway, into Seattle. Main line trains from Chicago terminated in Tacoma,... (more)

UP SW9 1838 and SW7 1816 relax under threatening skies at Argo Yard, Seattle, WA, in May 1976. The two switchers display slightly different color schemes, emphasizing the 60s era slogan on the 183... (more)