Just 187 miles into its 1377-mile journey from Seattle WA to Los Angeles CA, Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, departs Portland, Oregon’s Union Station after a crew change.... (more)

As Amtrak train 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, departs Vancouver, Washington, the crew of a BNSF local (Y-PVN1211-14) checks for southbound traffic before crossing the mainline to get ... (more)

After UP has been repainting the holdouts from the mergers and its own fleet aggressively the last few years, this patched Souther Pacific motor is a welcome sight. Former SP 280 has been hanging ... (more)

BNSF 2088 still retains it's classic BN colors as here, switching Green Transfer & Storage in North Portland. The facility receives steel loads frequently. 2088 and sister BNSF 2096 have had PTC u... (more)

UPY 356 was built as CNW 6865. This new slug set includes UPY 456, a former MP SD38-2 converted into a Slug known as a PS6B. The slugs rely on power from the mother unit but provide a higher maxim... (more)

With almost all railroads contracting out derailment cleanups to outfits like Hulcher and R.J. Corman, a wrecking crane is pretty much a rarity these days. On May 28, 2008, BNSF still had 250-ton ... (more)

A Tri-Met WES service has just arrived at Wilsonville.

FURX 5525 and BNSF 2532 await the call by Vancouver Station while BNSF 2935, a GP39E, works the yard in the distance.

Amtrak's Empire Builder train no. #8 passes by The Seattle Waterfront with GE P40DC #818 in the lead.

The Rocky Mountaineer luxury passenger train departs Seattle, WA, running through the Queen Anne section south of BNSF's Interbay Yard on the Scenic Sub. Amtrak P-32BWH's have to lead the train up... (more)

Amtrak Train #506 heads into downtown Seattle passing Seattle Mariners T-Mobile Park.

BNSF SD70ACe 9042 leads a Roberts Bank-Spring Creek Mine coal empty past T-Mobile Park in Seattle. It was nice to catch a few trains before our Blue Jays took on the Mariners!

BNSF ES44DC 7278 leads train H EVEROO8 24 past T-Mobile Park in Seattle.

An eastbound manifest rolls through the Butte Valley, in the shadow of Mount Shasta. The Friendly Southern Pacific has just a little over a year of independence remaining.

BNSF 4181 leading the Pasco - Barstow manifest through Cascan just two miles south of the Bend depot as it passes a single BNSF GP39-3 with two loaded centerbeams.