As folks sit at a crawl in work hour traffic, Portland & Westerns 664 makes good time leaving Vancouver for Albany today.

I was able to find much on this locomotive besides that it seems to have most likely worked at the ARCO refinery in Blaine, Wa. UPY 1147 still awaits a future in its SP patch-job paint.

Former BN 9264 works the yard in Tacoma.

Closing in on Port Westward on the Portland & Western, BNSF 6980 disturbs traffic and dinner guests while doing some street running.

Human drone shot of a heavy loaded ethanol train rolling down the Astoria Line. While crossing over the St. Johns bridge, i noticed the train crossing the Willamette River bridge in the background... (more)

Somebody got repainted!

With Steven Brown at the throttle, a late Empire Builder meets the late afternoon sun as it advances in Lake Yard.

It's alive! Not only does Balmer Yard have a deadline with SD9s, it has two that work the yard. These SD9-3s have been retrofitted with more standardized cabs and remote control equipment. I got t... (more)

Some of the usual BNSF suspects lead an empty grainer east out of Half Moon Yard near the TEMCO export facility.

I counted five SD9s that day at Balmer Yard in Seattle. Pretty remarkable that these are still on property and at least one is working the Yard. This unit was built for the Colorado & Southern in ... (more)

A former CBQ GP30 rebuild switches the TEMCO silo with a SD60M. The bulk carrier Stella Ellena from Singapore loads in the background and is bound for Taiwan.

A collection of used and abused EMD products that have remained at Balmer Yard for sometime. The SD9s were originally kept near the military base but had been moved recently to the roundhouse area... (more)

The Renton Rocket makes its way downtown Seattle with a load of Boeing 737 fuselages for assembly.

A northbound freight takes the siding in the St. Johns trench after crossing the Willamette River.

SP 4449 rolls over the Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge over the Willamette River, towing the train use to carry the Chairman of Genesee and Wyoming.