Arriving at Ellensburg there's work to do.
A little bonding between boater and trainmen as NP westbound tonnage snakes through the canyon looking south towards Yakima
Westbound manifest rolls near Roza dam, knocking down the signal across the Yakima River as seen from old Rte. 97. There's nothing like guardrail railfanning!
With their train cutoff behind them, the power of a manifest slips back to the mainline through the crossover. The hogger watches for hand signals from the trainman, in those days "radio equipped... (more)
Winding down the canyon past some great fishing holes near Roza dam, old Rte. 97 offered a nice view of the NP across the Yakima River.
The face of two Texas-types, PRR and Santa Fe. One burned coal, the other burned oil and pulled coal. The Santa Fe engine is believed to be #5018 and was being shoved up to the water plug before... (more)
On the way to Bethlehem to fan JU Tower action which included a NKP 759 special, the photographer grabs this shot of an eastbound C&O with consecutively numbered GP35's busting through town with a... (more)
Action at CNJ's JU interlocking includes the NKP 759 blasting by with a High Iron Special. There appears to be a trainload of fans in commuter coaches and admirers of the train on the road over a... (more)
Action at CNJ's JU interlocking includes Alcos on a Reading manifest, a CNJ switch crew working the siding, and a railfan getting the shot.
A PRR Texas-type is being doubled to another PRR brute, probably for the purpose of dragging another coal load north to the docks at Sandusky. Doubleheaded steam was fairly common practice on the... (more)
Looking back at JU Tower where the RDG met the CNJ main this set of power drifts by. A closer look reveals one of the photographer's railfan friends getting the capture. To see the next frame, c... (more)
Yard goat and wooden caboose are spotted on a siding at JU Tower.
This set of light power is moving away from the camera. JU Tower is behind the photographer. For the companion view, click more)
Limestone loads twist down the Monarch branch fighting gravity and leaving the visual evidence to hang in the air.
In a followup to the Photo Of The Week shot, limestone loads leave visual evidence of the extreme nature of the descent down the Monarch branch.
