Faded Glory

Portland & Western's transfer freight heads southward after receiving an approach from the dispatcher.

NS 8025 races west toward Vancouver during a rare appearance on a Seattle bound Oil Train

Wearing reporting marks of the former Great Northern. This recently repainted BNSF switcher now spends it's days in Vancouver. The former BN paint can be seen underneath the radiator grill.

Besides the Dash-9 upfront, we have some retro BNSF power leading a mixed freight, tied down in Vancouver.

BNSF power with a Santa Fe leader makes a run south to Portland in a winter storm.

The Cascade green SD40-2 duo makes up a transfer train on a frosty November morning.

Another shot of the BNSF ballast train anchoring down the new bypass track to the Fallbridge Subdivision reveals the water soaked Vancouver yard.

A set of former BN four-axle power shoves a cut of car from the Port of Vancouver, back out to the rail yard for sorting. The paint still looks damn good on this geep.

A BNSF ballast train lays rock upon the new bypass line around the yard, to the Fallbridge Sub. The very rain saturated yard dries out briefly during a pause following record breaking rain that fl... (more)

An Amtrak train from Portland, Ore., crosses the Columbia River into Vancouver, Wash. The Amtrak station is located adjacent to the bridge.

BNSF 1599 hangs out on the power tracks with Ferromex 4058.

This frosty Saturday morning found the captive Penn Central heritage unit NS 1073, splitting two BNSF locomotives as the trio shuffles around the staging tracks. The new white Cryo-Trans refers we... (more)

A former BNSF switcher now works daily shuffling grain and scrap metal cars around the Great Western Malting silos in Vancouver. Apparently, the aging locomotive was built for the Northern Pacific... (more)

With so little sunlight this month, it almost seems unreal to see Vancouver illumintaed this morning. BNSF 7182 is about to head on to the the Fallbridge Sub with a new CSX Tier 4 in consist, whil... (more)