Northbound BNSF ES44C4, No.6844 passes under the 11. St bridge in the background and rolls underneath the freeway as it enters the Yard in Tacoma.

In the last few minutes of daylight, a pair of former Burlington Northern GP40s lead BNSF’s Everett, WA to Sumas, WA manifest through the countryside near Nugents Corner, WA on May 29th, 2024.

Last Mile. Cascades 517 passes through the North Portal limits on its way to King Street Station.

BNSF 7099 slides along the Columbia River west toward Portland.

Sitting in the siding at Lyle, Washington, is BNSF Railway coal train BNSF train C-SXMRBG3-53 (Signal Peak MT to Robert Banks [Global] BC). An eastbound has just passed, and ES44AC 5762 and SD70M... (more)

Westbound train east switch Tokio.

Eastbound stack train east switch Tokio.

From under the cover of the gazebo at the Lewis County Historical Museum in Chehalis, a Tacoma bound intermodal meets a Portland bound manifest, catching the photographer off guard with just enoug... (more)

Eastbound stack train west switch Lamphier.

Eastbound Auto train.

Mt Baker sits in the background as BNSF 8580 leads a Roberts Bank coal empty south through the Skagit Valley and Conway, WA on March 17th, 2024.

A beautiful spring afternoon sees one of the two afternoon Sounder trains to Everett head north along Carkeek Park Beach next to Puget Sound with a veteran F59PHI trailing.

In Tacoma for a conference and having a little extra time I headed for the hills and found Weyerhauser's facility unmanned, with goodies I had never seen before. This unit began as Chehalis Weste... (more)

Remember when we were sick of seeing these? Photo by David Petke. From my collection.

BNSF 719 leads an eastbound grain empty through Cheney, WA.