UP could put together more interesting combinations of power than most railroads in the 1960s and 70s. Here we have SD24B 411B mated up temporarily with an NW2 as it gets hostled around the engine... (more)

Power is lined up and ready to roll next to the Argo Yard tower and offices in Seattle. UP SD40 3092 leads a trio followed by a pair of SD40-2s. The 3092 was built in August 1971, a fairly late ve... (more)

UP 2900 is mated up with another U30C at Argo Yard under the yard tower and freight offices. UP was dominated by EMD power at this time, but U28Cs, U30Cs and U50Cs would show up on occasion. As th... (more)

BN 800, a former NP F9A, gets some attention in the Interbay shops in Seattle, WA. This area tended wheel/axle changeouts as well as traction motors (one to the left). A former Burlington Route SD... (more)

BN 2216 leads what appears to be a train for the Inside Gateway to California through Seattle with a mix of BN, Frisco and Western Pacific power. The WP power was run through from Bieber, CA to Se... (more)

BN 81, still in GN paint and lettering, retained its GN number and spent most if not all its life in Seattle. I moved to Seattle in summer 1974 and would see it around town, often at or near King ... (more)

On a gorgeous Seattle November day, SD45 3618 and mate sandwich BN SD40-2 6910 at Argo Yard. In addition to UP's own wide range of power, their practice of encouraging run through trains with nea... (more)

A rainy August day greeted UP's Family Days event at Argo Yard, Seattle, WA. That did not dampen the peoples' spirits as they enjoyed train rides to Black River Jct. and back, ate hot dogs (under ... (more)

In July 1976 one could still catch UP SD24B units in mainline freight consists coming in and out of Seattle. Here UP 440B and 420B match up with SD40-2 3193 as UP's Argo Yard waiting to be assigne... (more)

Back in 1976 one could still enjoy the wide variety of motive power that Union Pacific operated. An example is UP 1400, the 10 SDP35 passenger locomotive UP acquired beginning in September 1965. T... (more)

BNSF SD75Ms 294, 293 and 288 lead 77 trash loads south past the Seahawks and Mariners home fields in Seattle.

Harbor Island, Seattle.

Cooling their heels (or should it be "wheels"?) after the morning commuter rush are a pair of Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority's "Sounder" trains. The trainset o... (more)

Between December 1955 and April 1958, Great Northern purchased thirty-two 700 series EMD GP9s for assignment west of Havre, Montana (Lines West), where thier dynamic brakes were put to good use.... (more)

CN 8945 glides along the Puget Sound on a clear August morning.