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    BNSF Southern Transcon at Grants, NM

    The BNSF Southern Transcon is a railroad corridor between Southern California and Chicago, Illinois. Completed in its current alignment in 1908 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, when it opened the Belen Cutoff in New Mexico and bypassed the steep grades of Raton Pass, it now serves...
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    BNSF 2844 Returns From Rosario, NM

    On most Sundays, a local freight leaves Albuquerque, NM and makes a stop at the General Mills plant on the north end of town. After exchanging a few hopper cars, the train takes tanks cars of asphalt to Rosario, NM and then returns several hours later with empties. This train is...
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    BNSF 6336 Leads Amtrak 4 at Bernalillo, NM

    Due to mechanical problems, BNSF 6336 is leading the eastbound Southwest Chief on July 14, 2017. Coming through Bernalillo, NM at a very busy commuter time, train 4 is delayed even further waiting for the New Mexico Railrunner rush to be over. After 4 passes, we catch two Siemens Charger...
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    BNSF 4424 and the Amtrak Cascades 513

    On a beautiful May morning, BNSF 4424, a GE C44-9W built in 1999, shunts grain cars into the Louis Dreyfus Grain Terminal in Seattle. A friendly wave by the engineer is always appreciated! Soon after, Amtrak 513, the Cascades, diverges onto main 1 and passes BNSF 5993 waiting for the green at...
  5. Home Sweet Home

    Home Sweet Home

    Built 45 years earlier by EMD for Great Northern to work out of Klamath Falls on the Oregon, California & Eastern, BNSF 6126 (ex-GN 599) works home turf in Klamath Falls.  
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    BNSF 7802 Leads a Northbound Coal Train at Carkeek Park

    On this cold may morning, it wasn't surprising to see few people at Carkeek Park north of Seattle, but it was surprising to see several blue herons! With no room in Stacy Yard, BNSF 3838 waits at MP 10.3, but BNSF 7802 makes it's run northbound toward the coal terminal at Roberts Bank.
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    Return of the Rocky Mountaineer!

    Spring in Seattle means the return of cruise ships and the Rocky Mountaineer! On a beautiful Saturday, May 20, 2017, the first of several Rocky Mountaineer trains arrives in Seattle.
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    Video from National Train Day May 13, 2017

    Video from last week's National Train Day on Saturday, May 13, 2017
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    Arrival of the Chargers!

    BNSF 4595 led a five hour late Amtrak 7 into Seattle with the first two Siemens Charger units on Friday, May 12, 2017.
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    Northbound Manifest

    At CP Ridgefield South
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    Renton Rocket Moves Through Seattle North Portal

    April 23, 2017 BNSF 2087, a GP38-2 built in May 1972, leads the Renton Rocket through the Seattle North Portal. These Boeing fuselages are built in Wichita and shipped by rail to Renton, WA where they become finished 737's. Shortly after follows BNSF 4054, a C44-9W, leads BNSF 1045, BNSF 5984...
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    Beautiful Weather on the Anacortes Spur!

    April 1, 2017. Beautiful evening for a liquified petroleum gas train to cross the Swinomish Swing Bridge near Anacortes, WA.
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    Northbound Manifest

    The trailing unit is a SD60M still in BN paint.
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    Tehachapi Trip 2017

    Here is a video taken from a recent trip to the Tehachapi Mountains: Enjoy, and subscribe for more!
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    Slow Trains at Howarth Park, Everett WA

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    BNSF 6827 Pulls a Loaded Oil Train Across the Swinomish Swing Bridge

    BNSF 6827 Pulls a Loaded Oil Train Across the Swinomish Swing Bridge
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    Electic Motive Power in Stanwood, WA

    This is the best collection of motive power I've ever seen on one train.
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    An Hour on the BNSF Scenic Subdivision

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    Carkeek Park North of Seattle

    Carkeek Park north of Seattle WA is one of the best places to railfan. There's a bridge over the tracks and the Puget Sound in the background!
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    Deadhead Amtrak 7 and Dead Garbage Train




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