Three BN F45s and an SD40-2 guide a westbound hostshot, possibly train 97 along Puget Sound on the final lap to Seattle's Balmar Yard at Interbay. Note the variety of freight cars, including Manuf... (more)

A BN helper set idles at Skykomish on a rare sunny February day. This was a typical consist in 1975 with BN GP9 1794 (x-GN 721), F9B 803 (x-NP 7000C), and BN 1799 (x-GN 726). This power will soon ... (more)

In August, 1973, stock cars were still in use on the BN at Livingston, Montana where these two were spotted. The NP car has had its roof walk removed, and the GN car is not lined-out, that is, co... (more)

Three F units guide Burlington Northern’s westbound Train 25, "North Coast Limited,” upstream along the Jefferson River at Willow Creek, Montana on March 21, 1971, six weeks before the bi... (more)

Geeps and switchers outside Northern Pacific’s brick roundhouse at Tacoma, Wash. April 11, 1969.

Northern Pacific F units on the local perform switching at Whitehall, Mont. on April 10, 1970.

As Northern Pacific’s pool Train 408 departs Vancouver, Washington and is about to cross the Columbia River into Oregon and Portland, SP&S Alco RS-3 81 uses the lead to switch cars.

BN 1750 and three other Geeps head a westbound Cle Elum turn from Yakima through the blades in the Yakima River canyon. The train will drop its cars in Cle Elum yard where another turn originating... (more)

BNSF 4792 looks more like a model train than a real one as it bends around tight curves through rock cuts on its 2.2% grade climb from Skykomish to the Cascade Tunnel. This stack/vehicle train was... (more)

Great Northern’s 4-car Train No. 323 leaves CN and GN’s depot at Vancouver, B.C., headed for Seattle on April 10, 1969. Even though one of GN’s boiler-equipped SDP-40’s leads the train, a... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern freight trailed by two cabooses slinks around the curves through the Badlands west of Sully Springs, North Dakota, on July 27, 1992.

Built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1914, this Baltic, 4-6-4 tank steam locomotive will see its' 100th year in September. 47 is one of three such steamers and the only one in the United States.... (more)

DAMN THE TORPEDOS, FULL SPEED AHEAD! Under a typical moisture laden western Washington sky, Burlington Northern Interdivisional Freight from Everett to Longview, WA rolls along Puget Sound. Today... (more)

Photo by R.I.Harris from my collection.

BN 6327 and a former NP passenger F7 or F9B drag a Northtown to Superior freight into Hinkley. The train is operating on the former GN and is about to cross the former NP. The NP line would eventu... (more)