CP 9510 adds yet another color to the fall foliage along the Wenatchee River as it serves with a BNSF Dash 9 as DPUs on an eastbound stack/vehicle train headed into Wenatchee for a crew change.

A bouquet of color greets a rainy day at Monitor, WA as the oldest and newest of BNSF orange color scheme sandwich a weather beaten Santa Fe warbonnet in prime fall color along the Wenatchee River... (more)

Don't be fooled by this Q train, the pair of BNSF units are on the rear serving as DPUs on Monitor curve just west of Wenatchee. The train has just left town headed for south Seattle. The large in... (more)

BNSF 8380 leads an eastbound empty coal train from Roberts Bank, BC around Monitor curve just west of Wenatchee, WA. The train will change crews in Wenatchee before heading to Spokane.

A dusty BNSF 6175 leads a couple of cleaner GEs around Monitor curve several miles west of Wenatchee, WA. The empty coal train is completing its trip from Everett as it descends through the apple ... (more)

BNSF 6988 eases an eastbound stack train around the curve east of Monitor, WA on the last lap into Wenatchee for a crew change.Could not have asked for a nicer October day.

A BNSF Z-train rolls east along the Wenatchee River in fall color, supported by a colorful consist. In about 15 minutes the train will be stopped in Wenatchee for a quick crew change before headin... (more)

BNSF 5708 and 1054 roll west from Wenatchee, WA near Monitor with a Boeing J train with a couple 737 fuselages and parts cars. The apple orchard to the left is almost ready to pick as some of the ... (more)

The final Saturday of great fall weather and color in the Wenatchee Valley was enhanced by the good timing of an eastbound Z train at Monitor curve just east of Monitor, WA. This old Great Norther... (more)

Tired of snow? Here is an eastbound empty oil train rolling along the Wenatchee River at Monitor, WA on a beautiful summer day about 7 miles west of the Wenatchee crew change. I look forward to ge... (more)

BNSF 6919 glides an eastbound Z train from Seattle around Monitor curve in maximum fall color for the area. Fall has lingered this year with a sun/rain mix and very little frost to date in north c... (more)

Every once in a while it's nice to go out "in my own back yard" and catch a train along Monitor curve. I enjoy watching the history of railroading progress by repeating similar shots here over tim... (more)

BNSF 8357 leads an eastbound Z train around Monitor curve about five miles west of Wenatchee, Washington in snowy, foggy conditions as storms piled feet of snow on the Cascade Mountains before and... (more)

An empty coal train rolls east along the Wenatchee River at Monitor, WA about 7 miles west of the Wenatchee crew change after crossing Stevens Pass on a pleasant spring day when the hills were sti... (more)

A BNSF South Seattle-Chicago Q-train bends around Monitor curve along the Wenatchee River and apple orchards on its last lap into Wenatchee for a crew change. A Norfolk Southern SD70ACe helps out ... (more)