Crossing the Columbia River just after sundown, a BNSF Railway local crosses the 1908-built, 2,807-foot-long (856 m) swing span bridge – BNSF Railway Bridge 9.6 – and, as it does, crosses from... (more)

One of Amtrak’s Amtrak Cascades trains, number 508 heading from Oregon’s Eugene/Springfield to Seattle, Washington, passes the BNSF Railway’s Vancouver Yard after departing the statio... (more)

Here is the PASTAC just getting back to the remains of it's train, after the crew made a setout in the Tacoma Yard. It wasn't clear to me, why only part of the train was setout, as the symbol ind... (more)

Oil, Intermodal and vehicles are the current mainstay of Tacoma Rail. Here with a wonderful sunset on Mt Rainier, a Tacoma Rail job using an SD40 and MP15AC are switching one of the vehicle loadi... (more)

Still known as the "Log Yard", this fairly small yard adjunct to the BNSF Tacoma Yard, now mainly handles auto racks. At the moment of this shot, two tracks were free. Just enough for t... (more)

A throw back to summer two years ago, when it was more common to see the many different dash-9 paint jobs rolling around the BNSF system. Most, if not all these H1 & warbonnets are stored at the m... (more)

Former SP 9721 still looks pretty good for being 29 years old. The motor has been a classic fixture around the PNW, roaming between Seattle and Eugene and working many local jobs.

Two BNSF engines switch grain cars along the Olympic Sculpture Park on a chilly, but sunny, morning in Seattle.

An empty CP oil train from Tacoma leaves Portland after stopping in Albina Yard. CP 7015 is 2nd in consist as it snakes around the east bank of the Willamette, near the Steel Bridge.

The one of a kind H1 painted 1454 leads a trash train through Vancouver Yard.

After a long trip across Canada on The Canadian, our first stop back in the US was at Edmonds, WA on BNSF's Scenic Subdivision. As soon as we arrived we were greeted by a crowd of people l... (more)

This is a BNSF Vehicle train, led by an NS unit, with a CP 8127 as a tail-end DPU.

A new UPY slug set has been assigned to the Ex-SP Brooklyn Yard in Portland.

Built in 1947, NP 498 was reconfigured in 1955 as the Lewis & Clark Traveller's Rest series, with a 14 seat lunch counter and 30 seat club lounge and served on the North Coast Limited. Today, this... (more)

PNWR 2315 brings the NP dome "Travelers Rest" down to the Albany & Eastern Railroad on a special solo move. The was just picked up from the assortment of preserved passenger equipment ke... (more)