4 cabs lined up elephant style. But one of these cabs won't be limited to the rails for too much longer.

These are Amtrak's fine curves.

The engineer gets the all clear from his conductor.

Beach goers hardly notice the the Amtrak Cascades silently rolling north.

Free and open territory greet the Sounder on its way north as it quickly accelerates to 50mph

A friendly wave from a beach goer to the daily Empire Builder.

BNSF 793 highballs though the yellow glow of the evening sun.

Two train in view. An eastbound Z train and heading towards Edmonds, a westbound Q train in the last few minutes of light.

The train is driving itself! Run in fear! Actually, the last Sounder of the week is in push mode heading north.

The daily trash train pauses in Edmonds for the last Sounder.

Heading down the pass, BNSF 5342 passes our little railfan tent town that is set up on the grounds of what used to be Gaynor, WA.

BNSF 7826 and a strange EMD 9022 quietly idling in the passing twilight.

It's 1988 and the Burlington Northern is doing some major work on its premier line though Washington. Flash forward to 2008. The BNSF Railway is doing some major work on one of its many lines thou... (more)

The sun is shining, the snow is melting, and Gaynor is open for business. The morning Z out of Seattle heads east to Chicago.

This train will be the last to pass over Stevens for a while. Track warrants governed the CTC controlled mountains and BNSF 1029 was able to roll through a double red signal. The signals are down ... (more)