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Up on the west side of the Cascade mountains above Skykomish near Tonga Ridge the tracks and slide fences in the snow ,just west pass this area is the portal for the Cascade Tunnel.BNSF 1/2013
Station stop Spokane,the conductor with his two way radio protects the rear end of the train from the rear door window of the last coach car on the Amtrak # 8 Empire Builder. Outside the Yardmaster hoops orders to the arriving # 28 that has come up from Portland its engine will be uncoupled then...
What a surprise on a foggy morning Amtrak # 7 the Empire Builder Chicago to Seattle comes in to Seattle this day with King Tut on point with a Geneis #42 nice # for a P-42 and a Cascades.After letting passengers off at King St. station on it comes thru the coach yard fresh out of the wash...
A hot bottle train pulls out of the spur line to the old (Inland Steel) plant now Arcelor Mittal pulled by a N/S Geep 38-2 high nose.This will warm you up on a winters day trackside.
Chicago suburbs hot spot Blue Island ILL. Nine class one railroads ,use these bidges and Metra to cross the Cal Sag channel and there is a diamond in the middle. A variety of power and color lots of trains CN/CP/IAIS/ICE/NS/UP/IHB/CSX /BNSF and some short lines.There are also two towers here one...