Sounder Train 1700 led by cab car SDRX 109, heads north across the Bridge of Many Names, while a southbound BNSF manifest makes its way to the Seattle Terminal and ultimately Vancouver WA. The B... (more)

Less than a year before shutting down their Pacific extension, Milwaukee Road crews in the West made a valiant effort to keep things moving. Here a pair of SD10s support a trio of SD40-2s on their... (more)

MILW 24 leads its train out of a forested cut and onto their bridge over the Yakima River west of Easton, WA on its relatively easy climb up the east slope of Snoqualmie Pass.

An afternoon Westbound Union Pacific Z cross the Deschutes River Bridge.

One of a seemingly endless supply of empty grain trains making it's way east on the BNSF Stampede sub. This train and I, left Auburn at the same time. Traffic was good for both of us and I arri... (more)

When Washington Central painted their F units in Yakima for service on the Renton dinner train, Keith Ardinger arranged a photo freight on WCRC before the units were shipped west. The train opera... (more)

Milwaukee Road 22 crosses the Columbia River with an eastbound freight after descending Boyleston Hill, and after meeting a westbound at Beverly will have an easy run to its crew change at Othello... (more)

The Loins Club train pauses on the Box Canyon trestle (built 1911) while passengers overlook the Box Canyon Dam (built 1955). As spectacular as this ride is, the railroad can't afford to inspect ... (more)

BNSF 6882 descends Stevens Pass at MP 1694 with a J train, made up of exclusively empty Boeing aircraft equipment. The railroad follows Nason Creek east from the east portal of the Cascade Tunnel ... (more)

BN F45 6635 leads a U25C and two older Fs on a southbound freight at Sumner, WA, crossing the Puyallup River. The dry sunny weather betrays the fact a week or so earlier this area received an earl... (more)

Columbia Basin Railroad's Wheeler job crosses the irrigation canal on the north edge of town in the morning led by former MRL SD19 #652 and former Washington Central GP9 #302

MILW train 202 climbs east out of Kittitas, WA over Renslow trestle on its way to Beverly, WA and Othello for a crew change. The bridge which still stands in 2016 spans a valley that interstate 90... (more)

MILW 22 and two more SD40-2s lead train 202 across the Columbia River at Beverly, WA. Evidence of former catenary remains on the bridge, and the bridge still stands today as a monument to Milwauke... (more)

Steam hauled passenger service leaving North Bend, Washington at noon with return service to Snoqualmie. The Northwest Railway Museum offered steam service on a limited number of days in 2015.