Amtrak's Pacific International Cascades: Amtrak train number 517 rolls south along Samish Bay behind SC-44 Charger locomotive on a beautiful June day. This train and its northbound evening ... (more)

A pair of CP GEs haul Canpotex potash loads across the Joso Bridge spanning the Snake River near Lyon's Ferry State Park, WA. The fresh paint on the two rebuilt AC4400CWMs contrast the dusty land... (more)

BNSF’s Chewelah Turn crosses the Spokane River in Spokane, Washington, on October 6, 2018. An amazing A-B-B-B-B-A consist powers the train—GP60M No. 105 leads GP60B Nos. 331, 335, 344 and 336, wit... (more)

A westbound manifest races east under heavy snow.

Sounder Train 1700 led by cab car SDRX 109, heads north across the Bridge of Many Names, while a southbound BNSF manifest makes its way to the Seattle Terminal and ultimately Vancouver WA. The B... (more)

Less than a year before shutting down their Pacific extension, Milwaukee Road crews in the West made a valiant effort to keep things moving. Here a pair of SD10s support a trio of SD40-2s on their... (more)

MILW 24 leads its train out of a forested cut and onto their bridge over the Yakima River west of Easton, WA on its relatively easy climb up the east slope of Snoqualmie Pass.

The Coastal Rocky Mountaineer from Seattle to Vancouver BC. crosses BNSF Bridge No. 4 across Salmon Bay. The single leaf bascule bridge carries the BNSF Mainline north and south. The ship Coastal ... (more)

An afternoon Westbound Union Pacific Z cross the Deschutes River Bridge.

One of a seemingly endless supply of empty grain trains making it's way east on the BNSF Stampede sub. This train and I, left Auburn at the same time. Traffic was good for both of us and I arri... (more)

The first afternoon train arrives in Tacoma, using the recently completed Main 1 track. Where once stood the rickety, yet historic, Milwaukee Road S-Curve trestle, is a sturdy double track bridge... (more)

BNSF 5633 hustles a Q or Z train west over the Spokane River in the Millwood area of Spokane. The former NP bridge is on the mainline between Parkwater Yard in Spokane and Hauser Yard Hauser, ID.

When Washington Central painted their F units in Yakima for service on the Renton dinner train, Keith Ardinger arranged a photo freight on WCRC before the units were shipped west. The train opera... (more)

Milwaukee Road 22 crosses the Columbia River with an eastbound freight after descending Boyleston Hill, and after meeting a westbound at Beverly will have an easy run to its crew change at Othello... (more)