VANCOUVER WA May 7 2009 — BNSF ES44DC 7603 makes its way south on the Seattle Sub. It has just passed under the Fruit Valley signals and will shortly pass under the East 39th Street overpass. Ge... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Feb 25 2011 -- BNSF C44-9W 4407 is stopped for a crew change during its transition from the Seattle Sub to the Fallbridge Sub. General Electric built the unit My photo.

VANCOUVER WA Jan 26 2009 — BNSF GP38-2 2339 is tied down on the tail track as BNSF ES55DC 7669 approaches from the north at the point of the Coast Starlight. In the background is the Mill Plain ... (more)

BNSF 6111 sits with "Stu's Caboose", a heritage caboose that typically is found in use as a shoving platform in Seattle, in the Vancouver Yard. The pair were here for a car show event th... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Oct 2 1978 — A sunny day finds Burlington Northern C425 4262 undergoing work at the engine facility south of West 39th Street. The unit was built in June 1966 and delivered as Spoka... (more)

Clean Stickers!

The roster of the Columbia Business Center short line is present in this photo: SW1200 CBCX 565, GE 80 tonner CBCX 102, and the tiny bit of orange behind it is GE 25 tonner CBCX 103

VANCOUVER WA Oct 2 1978 — Burlington Northern SW1000 388 handles switching duties. My photo.

Two BN vets handle the Longview-Pasco manifest. The train is making a pickup in Vancouver, WA before continuing east.

VANCOUVER WA Oct 16 2021 — Northwest Rail Institute SW8 701 (b/n 15739) is a little worse for wear. At this time the loco is no longer in use and the institute appears to be closed. Note that it... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Jan 18 2014 — Sterling Bomba SW8 203 (b/n 15739) sits to the south of a Columbia Business Park warehouse. The locomotive was acquired by the Northwest Railroad institute. The unit w... (more)

As 4-car Amtrak train 28 (with P42DC 191 for power), the Portland to Spokane section of the Empire Builder, loads passenger in Vancouver (a whopping 10 miles 2255-mile into its journey to C... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Dec 16 2008 — Columbia Business Center GE 80-ton CBCX 102 is tied down on a delivery track south of a steel fabrication facility. The area is what used to be a Kaiser Shipyard. GE b... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Oct 2 2010 — GE 25-ton CBCX 103 was used to switch cars in a limited area at the east side of the Columbia Business Center. GE built the unit (b/n 15681) in April 1942. As of Jan 1... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Jan 26 2009 — BNSF ES44DC 7669 passes BNSF GP38-2 2339 which is tied down on the tail track. The 7669 is leading the Coast Starlight as the train slows for a station stop. In the ba... (more)