Peeking around the corner and into a marshmallow world, this empty jet train floats downhill at "The Slot" in Washington State's Cascade Mountains.

Hauling a stack train upgrade through "The Slot" alongside Nason Creek in Washington State's Cascade Mountains.

An eastbound Z coasts downhill through a winter wonderland at "The Slot" alongside Nason Creek in Washington State's Cascade Mountains.

Boeing fuselages ride a westbound vehicle train in the Cascade Mountains on a snowy winter afternoon near Merritt, Washington. The location is familiarly known as "The Slot".

BNSF 7330 rolls a Q-Train west through Merritt, WA with fall colors abounding. The KCS Southern Belle scheme unit adds to the array of color that will soon disappear as winter blankets the area wi... (more)

An Eastbound BNSF train carrying airplane fuselages crosses over Nason Creek while descending Stevens Pass on a beautiful spring day.

When the meteorologists in the Seattle area started talking about a Winter Storm Warning on Stevens Pass, it made contributors Dale Skyllingstad and Drew Mitchem and myself pack up and make the de... (more)

BNSF 6971 and 4733 are in DPU service on the rear of an empty oil train at the west end of Merritt, WA. The train is en route from Anacortes or Ferndale, WA to Wenatchee, and east back to North Da... (more)

The fall rains are about to start on Stevens Pass as an empty oil train rolls east into Merritt, WA in a blanket of golden leaves. The orange locos are perfect for fall photos just a week ahead of... (more)

This special officers' train was purported to be carrying BNSF Railway's Executive Chairman Matthew K. Rose. It originated in Seattle and was enroute to Whitefish, Montana. As it passed my locatio... (more)

BN 5700 East meets a westbound in the hole at Merritt. Note the SDP45 in the westbound's consist.

The winter of 2015 has been disappointing snowfall-wise in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, and the ski resorts have been suffering. Three years ago, though, a few weather events were keep... (more)

CSX 5450 leads a long S LPCTAC stack train up the 2.2% grade at "The Slot" just west of Merritt, WA on BNSF's Scenic Subdivision over Stevens Pass.

BNSF 7305 starts a stack train upgrade west of Merritt as it makes the climb to the east portal of the Cascade Tunnel along Nason Creek. Colors are just starting to turn on this last Saturday of s... (more)

An Empire Builder skirts Nason Creek while ascending the valley towards Stevens Pass. For about a half mile this location is the nearest that the roadbed comes to the creek, a tributary of the We... (more)