The 1201 shoves a cut of centerbeams down the Olympic Panel spur while PSAP power waits to move up the main to put its train together. The Simpson mainline crosses the PSAP main just this side of... (more)

After cresting Maxwell Hill with three other EMD units, CFNR 104 leads a loaded train on the return trip to Elma.

Late afternoon, 90° a stack train flies around the corner at Winton gaining momentum for the Hill

A display of power in different forms at a remote spot above Skykomish, WA where electricity for Western Washington crosses the mainline overhead. The second unit on this train, CEFX 1006, had cau... (more)

The 4394 is on an eastbound after being turned at Interbay the night before. The location is remote Bonneville Cut in the Cascade Mountains below Scenic, WA

On a westward afternoon job to return empty A-frames to Mill 5, the Simpson switcher "lumbers" around a corner just before crossing bridge 2. The 10 mile trip to Dayton will take around 40 - 45 m... (more)

A stack train rolls downhill along Nason Creek above Merritt and will arrive at Wenatchee Yard within two hours for a crew change.

The Spokane - Everett general freight blasts out of the west portal Winton Tunnel, the third bore placed in quick succession in order to cross through the ridges from Chumstick Valley to the Nason... (more)

A full grainer steps into the grind up to Stevens Pass at the West Winton curve. The spotlight signals will soon be a thing of the past as BNSF continues a project to install new signaling equipm... (more)

First in the series of shots of this train entering the Columbia River town of Lyle, seen here just poking out of the tunnel heading west.

The 3876's crew is switching lumber loads out of the Shelton spur tracks then will back down and couple to the rest of the train at the pass before heading back to Elma.

It's a hot August afternoon and the 3876 is crawling up Maxwell Hill with two other GP38s on the return trip to Elma pulling loads from the Shelton Mill and garbage stacks from Belfair.

With the passage of time nature is reclaiming the old GN tunnel. The railroad completed the bore in December, 1900, the original line used a system of eight switchbacks to cross Stevens Pass. In... (more)

Three GE's and an EMD work a stacker over and through the Cascade Mountains on the aptly named Scenic Sub five miles from the top of the hill.

One can almost hear the long ago din and bustle of the Great Northern Railroad town of Wellington echo off the walls of the first snowshed on the line down to Skykomish. The structure is now part... (more)