SEATTLE — BNSF Railway is starting work on a number of major bridge and tunnel projects in Washington, Idaho, and Montana that promise to maintain and even increase freight capacity in the Pacific Northwest. In Seattle, BNSF is working with the U.S. Coast Guard to determine how it will replace a century-old bridge across Salmon […]
Just another day at his downtown Seattle office for Charlie Conway – until he discovered that a cut of empty hoppers had derailed on the busy BNSF main line routing in front of the building! Chas grabbed his camera and captured the Hulcher Services crew working to get trains rolling again. […]
Just another day at his downtown Seattle office for Charlie Conway – until he discovered that a cut of empty hoppers had derailed on the busy BNSF main line routing in front of the building! Chas grabbed his camera and captured the Hulcher Services crew working to get trains rolling again. […]
SEATTLE — A South Carolina man leapt from in front of an oncoming freight train, only to succumb to a passing Amtrak train south of Seattle on Sunday, the News Tribune reports. The Tacoma, Wash., news outlet cites a local public safety official saying that a transient man in his 20s was trespassing on railroad […]
Kalispell, Mont., and railroad officials hammer in final “golden” spikes to celebrate the completion of a rail-served industrial park. Justin Franz KALISPELL, Mont. — Officials in Montana hope that a recently completed rail-served industrial park will lead to increased freight traffic and pave the way for building a new rail trail through the heart of […]
Name: Dave Condon Railroad Name: Burlington Northern & Spokane Portland Seattle Location: Kirkland, WA Scale: O scale Theme: Marshall Landing Washington Description: Heading West to Portland is a heavy BN freight train made up of GP30s and a GP9. My layout has a Portland Cement operation built by Model Structures. The cement rail cars are […]
Name: Dave Condon Railroad Name: Burlington Northern & Spokane Portland Seattle Location: Kirkland, WA Scale: O scale Theme: Marshall Landing Washington Description: Heading West to Portland is a heavy BN freight train made up of GP30s and a GP9. My layout has a Portland Cement operation built by Model Structures. The cement rail cars are […]
Some days you just want a relaxing ride on an open-air car. Join Trains for this trip on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad from Garibaldi to Rockaway Beach, Ore., in June 2018. Only from Trains! […]
Some days you just want a relaxing ride on an open-air car. Join Trains for this trip on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad from Garibaldi to Rockaway Beach, Ore., in June 2018. Only from Trains! […]
Intermodal operations are an important part of Brian Olson’s N-scale BD&O RR. This one is set just outside of Gillette, WY. […]
Intermodal operations are an important part of Brian Olson’s N-scale BD&O RR. This one is set just outside of Gillette, WY. […]
Although author Dinsmore’s territory was some 1,500 miles to the west, this 1966 scene inside Northern Pacific’s depot in South Superior, Wis., would be familiar to him. William D. Middleton When I picked up Classic Trains’ Summer 2008 issue, the cover blurb about the “Kid Telegrapher on NP’s Idaho Division” caught my eye. I searched out the […]
