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A colorful mix of power leads a long eastbound stack train thru morning shadows at Picnic Point Park on the east shore of Puget Sound.The three units up front are an H3 ES44DC,a Warbonnet D9-44CW and a White Faced SD60M
BNSF 6386 leads a loaded unit coal train thru Picnic Point Park headed for a crew change at Everett,WA then on to Roberts Bank,BC to discharge over 12000 tons of coal.
With BNSF 705 on the point decked out in Warbonnet Livery complete with a Santa Fe Cigar Band,a westbound stack train passes through Picnic Point Park,headed for Tacoma,WA.
One of those moments where I knew I had a train coming in each direction and I had to choose which one to shoot. I also knew there was a SD75I leading stack train so I decided to shoot that. Next thing I knew a rolling meet took place right in the frame. Got to love it when you luck out...
FURX 7936 in the lead of the westbound Everett WA-Vancouver,WA manifest passes an eastbound stack train stopped at Picnic Point Park.There's a manifest headed for Bayside Yard Everett stopped ahead due to no room in the yard. (Having gone to sea for many years "Close Quarters" was an...
A little wind and a temperature inversion keeps the exhaust heat low from a southbound manifest along the east shore of Puget Sound as it passes thru Picnic Point Shadows.
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