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  1. Yakima River Grain

    Yakima River Grain

    BNSF empty grain train heads east past bare trees and a frozen tributary of the Yakima River in the Yakima River Canyon.
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    • 9-44cw bnsf dash yakima
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  2. UP Short Stack

    UP Short Stack

    Caught this short stack near Vader, WA - 20 well cars with an ES44AC on each end. It's not often I have been able to get an entire train in one picture...
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    • es44ac pacific union up vader
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Western United States
  3. Cresting the grade

    Cresting the grade

    Northbound loaded BNSF coal train crests the grade at Evaline,WA after grinding uphill from Winlock,WA.
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    • bnsf es44ac evaline winlock
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  4. Trinidad Stacks

    Trinidad Stacks

    Two BNSF Dash-9's sandwich a visiting CSX AC4400CW as they grind uphill from the Columbia River towards the Trinidad Loop.
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    • bnsf columbia csx river trinidad
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  5. Nisqually Meet

    Nisqually Meet

    Southbound BNSF grain empty meets a Northbound UP manifest on the bridge over the Nisqually River near Olympia, WA
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    • bnsf nisqually olympia pacific union up
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Western United States
  6. Fall Sounder

    Fall Sounder

    Sound Transit F59PHI leads an evening commuter run across the Green River bridge south of Auburn, WA.
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    • Media item
    • auburn sound sounder transit
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Transit, Light Rail and Commuter
  7. Heading Home

    Heading Home

    One of the evening Sounder runs streaks through Sumner WA southbound to it's final destination of Tacoma WA.
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    • Media item
    • f59phi sounder sumner
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Transit, Light Rail and Commuter
  8. Coast Starlight

    Coast Starlight

    Amtrak Coast Starlight heading North through Sumner WA at twilight.
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    • Media item
    • amtak p42 sumner
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  9. avarua

    Comment by 'avarua' in media 'Amtrak 192 Wicopee, OR'

    Really nice shot Austin!
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    • Gallery comment
  10. avarua

    Comment by 'avarua' in media 'UP 4208'

    Outstanding!
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    • Gallery comment
  11. Gaynor Saturday

    Gaynor Saturday

    Westbound stack train approaches the Gaynor Trestle and short tunnel that follows on it's trip up the east slope of Stevens Pass.
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    • bnsf gaynor pass stevens
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  12. Gaynor Saturday

    Gaynor Saturday

    Well cars on a westbound stack train cross Gaynor Trestle.
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    • Media item
    • bnsf gaynor
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  13. Gaynor Saturday

    Gaynor Saturday

    Eastbound BNSF stack train crossing the Gaynor trestle on the east slope of Stevens Pass.
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    • Media item
    • bnsf gaynor stevens
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  14. Cascade and Columbia

    Cascade and Columbia

    A short Cascade and Columbia freight, in parent Rail America colors, heads south along the Columbia River near Entiat, WA.
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    • and cascade columbia entiat
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  15. BNSF Coal Empty

    BNSF Coal Empty

    An Eastbound BNSF coal empty snakes around the hillside near Crescent Bar, WA.
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    • Media item
    • bar bnsf coal crescent
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
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