Columbia Basin Railroad SD9 171, the former Duluth Missabe & Iron Range 171, sits in the CBRW’s engine facility in eastern Washington with CBRW SD9 608 (ex-Montana Rail Link 608, ex-MRL 611, né... (more)

A transfer job departs Vancouver for Lake Yard as they pass another set of local power tied up by the station. According to my notes, this was a Portland Terminal or UP crew of some sort.

The morning eastbound Z train approaches Maryhill, looking rather tiny compared to the hillside above.

An extra job out of Wishram brings up the rear of a well timed parade of westbounds as they continue through the Columbia River Gorge at sunset.

A loaded oil train snakes through the Columbia River Gorge in the late evening.

A BNSF manifest races west through Home Valley on a late afternoon in the Columbia River Gorge.

Trash loads complete their trip through the Columbia River Gorge on a scorching hot afternoon.

A westbound BNSF manifest east of Towal.

A westbound BNSF manifest early in the morning at Bates.

I'm guessing this was taken in Washington along the SP&S and before the 1970 BN merger that saw the SP&S become a fallen flag. This is in the collection of photos I have inherited and is one of t... (more)

An inland view of the EGT Grain Facility were "earth worms" go to transform. Their are four tracks that squeeze down to two at the unloading building. Of the three trains in the shot, one (wrap... (more)

This little critter was ordered by the Department of Energy in the 1940s and used in the construction of the Hanford Nuclear Site. I can remember it sitting in this spot since at least the early ... (more)

A westbound oil train at Anderson Rd. east of Cheney, WA on the Lakeside Sub in eastern Washington State.

A westbound oil train at Scribner Jct. on the Lakeside Sub in eastern Washington State.

A westbound grain train passing one of the old grain elevators east of Tokio.