It was a beautiful 80 degree day for a cruise with the window open and it looks like the engineer of the westbound Z-train had the same idea.

9172 leads a coal train through the Colmbia Gorge on a Beautiful Sping day.

On a sunny fall day in the Gorge at the famous Home Valley curve, this westbound coal train rounds the bend making for a great photo opp!

BNSF 7421 leads grain loads around the famous curve at Home Valley bound for export at some Pacific Ocean port.

A product of EMD leads this train east through Home Valley, Washington.

BNSF 5852 and KCS 4614 with westbound coal loads head through the Columbia River Gorge.

Welcome to the Northwest. On the very day I arrived in Washington after leaving Indiana, I was greeted with murky skies and hours upon hours of driving in the rain. Taking a break from st... (more)

BNSF 7300 leads an eastbound MOW work train. This train was in the siding for SP 4449 and AMTK 932 passenger special to overtake here at Home Valley.

With fall colors abound, a BNSF coal train heads west with a new SD70ace on the point. The new orange paint goes well with the autumn yellows of the Columbia River Gorge. The Gorge is a breathtak... (more)

Westbound BNSF mixed freight train framed by the wooden overpass at Home Valley, Washington. The overpass connects state highway 14 with a campground along the Columbia River. Originally built as ... (more)

Unit Coke train from Laurel, MT to Robert's Bank, BC screams around the S curve at Home Valley. The light black fog above the cars in the background is dust kicked out by the typically strong Gor... (more)