BN 205 sports a fresh coat of paint at Auburn Yard, Auburn, WA. The SW1200 was built as NP 146 in February 1957, and would survive the BNSF merger becoming BNSF 3540.

BN 9790 pokes its nose out of the diesel shop at Auburn, WA, a former Northern Pacific facility located between Seattle and Tacoma. A close look shows that this former BN passenger F7 still wears ... (more)

BN 1524, x-GN GP7, pokes its nose out of the Interbay roundhouse, sharing space with a GP35 & F9A. The stripes on the long hood identify it as the front, typical of all GN road switchers (as deliv... (more)

BN 6004 was Balmer Yard's principal hump engine in the mid-70s. The unit was GN's fifth SD7, part of a fleet of 23 SD7s and 27 SD9s, most of which were assigned to Minnesota. I enjoyed several eve... (more)

BN 1828 and 1762 head up a couple tracks of local and helper service power at Wenatchee in early June 1974. Wenatchee was a hub for locals serving the Wenatchee Valley, the branch to Oroville, the... (more)

Powered by a quintet of EMD GP60-series locomotives—with GP60M-3 No. 108 leading GP60B Nos. 341 and 339, followed by GP60M-3 Nos. 104 and 123—BNSF’s Chewelah Turn makes its way through Loon ... (more)

An eastbound Z train hustles along the north bank of the Columbia River headed for Pasco and points east. Between here and Pasco a wildfire broke out this morning just uphill from the mainline pos... (more)

Having just passed Wishram a few minutes ago, a BNSF manifest heads west toward the Columbia River Gorge.

Polson Logging #70 pulls it's train over the bridge over the Nisqually River on the former Milwaukee Road branch line heading towards Mineral.

SP 4449 is parked for display at Seattle's King St. Station after arriving with the American Freedom Train. The train would be opened for visitation before the train would continue south to Portla... (more)

BN 10249 sits with other cabooses between local runs at Wenatchee, WA. It would continue is service on the BN at least until 1987 when FREDs started taking over rear end duties.

BN 11288 brings up the rear of a northbound BN freight heading from Tacoma to Auburn, WA. Mt. Rainier towers over the caboose near the curve that will turn the railroad towanorth through Sumner an... (more)

A modest five car train is dwarfed by the Joso Bridge over the Snake River, Union Pacific's largest, in southeast Washington. It's been a dry summer and the sun is slightly muted by the smoke from... (more)

519's train speeds south on the Bellingham Sub.

SDTX F59PHI 906 brings a short commuter train into Edmonds.