BNSF 7559 leads a N/B mixed freight along Puget Sound at Steilacoom, WA on September 1, 2022 with BNSF 255, 5966 & 7747. McNeil Island in the background.

Cascade and Columbia River 1001 & 1002 work downgrade into Brewster, WA on September 21, 2018 with a mixed freight for interchange with the BNSF in Wenatchee, WA later this day. Both units are reb... (more)

CBRW 608 W/B at Bruce, WA on June 27, 2023 with CBRW 12 and 2274. This was a fairly short train of 16 cars on this day. CBRW 602 & 12 are SD9's while the CBRW is a GP9u rebuilt by the ATSF.

BNSF's Everett to Sumas road freight crosses the Skagit River into Burlington.

With a solid set of GP60s, the Chewelah Turn crosses the Spokane River into Spokane.

Northbound EVESUM begins climbing the 1.5% grade out of Sedro-Woolley Powering the train is a pair of GPs wearing BN colors, a very rare sight in 2024.

Not the first time I've photographed an A-B-B-A-A set of GP60's, but definitely a first on a freight in Washington in BNSF H3 Paint.

A stack train races alongside the Columbia River Gorge

Empire Builder Eastbound Empire builder crosses Nason Creek while sliding down Steven's Pass in typical Cascade Mountain weather. This location has been popular with railroad buffs for ye... (more)

Old Timer A vintage pair of SD9s lead the Connell Turn south of Warden, Washington. The bustling agricultural railroad uses a small fleet of SD9's to move freight thru the Coulees of Centr... (more)

Framed through the trestle BNSF 6214 leads a Q train around Foss River Bridge.

VANCOUVER WA May 2 2008 — Northbound UP SD90MAC 8277 has crossed the Columbia River bridge and is entering the curve in front of the Amtrak station. The hills in the background are in Oregon. My... (more)

UP's I-TAG3 is crossing the UP bridge across the Puyallup River just outside CP Reservation, where it will join the BNSF's Seattle Sub. At this point they are still putting their train together, ... (more)

The power for the LPCTAC has been turned on Tacoma Rail's Wye and is now headed back to the train, sitting on the Tacoma Main. Soon this set of power will once again cross the Puyallup River to d... (more)

Its near high tide at Chambers Bay on the Puget Sound, and near sunset as well, for the crossing of Bridge 14 by this south bound UP stack train.