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 702, an F3A, was the oldest cab unit still operating on BN in August 1979. Still retaining its 3 porthole side window, the unit had an upgraded GP style twin sealed beam headlight mounted on 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 1750 leads a quartet of GP9s west on the Cle Elum Turn out of Yakima, WA just east of Cle Elum. The train will exchange trains with an eastbound counterpart from Auburn, WA and the crew will re... (more)

Trinidad Loop. This is a drone shot, but you can stand on the inside of the loop to the left of the locomotive and above the track and really appreciate the climb and the sounds of these beasts ro... (more)

UP 2000, a UP local operating as a caboose hop passes MILW SD9 502 and the big hook at Auburn siding, Auburn, WA. The MILW crew is cleaning up a minor derailment involving a Thrall all-door lumber... (more)

UP 928 leads UP's "Old Timers Special" deadhead movement through Tacoma en route to Seattle where it will be loaded for an excursion through the Columbia Gorge, over the Blue Mountains a... (more)

UP GP30 866 leads a quartet of power that only UP could put together on a southbound freight rolling through Rustin as it leaves Tacoma, WA headed to Portland, OR. Trailing the lead unit is a GP30... (more)

Almost blending in with the autumn colors is BNSF Railway train G-CEGLVN9-22, passing through Skamania, Washington, on October 25, 2019. This train, carrying grain from Chester, Montana, to Longv... (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)

PASTAC curves through Maryhill in some nice sunlight with an ACe up front.

A westbound mixed manifest on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision highballs Maryhill siding.

A massive westbound grain train on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision rolls along the Columbia River near Maryhill siding. This train had over 200 cars with 2x3x3 power.

On a cool February afternoon, BNSF SD75M #271 leads the Everett, WA to Custer, WA manifest through Samish, WA on February 10th, 2022.