It seems that I do not make November trips out of Washington state that often. Perhaps to Montana but that is pretty much it. Bad weather and shorter daylight probably has a lot to do with that.
A visit to the UP at Pendleton, OR
From my home in Yakima, WA it a little over two hours to drive to Pendleton, OR. My cousin Michelle was born there so that’s my tie to Pendleton but I never really stopped long enough in all my trips to the Blue Mountains to take a look at the town on my way there. On 6-21-23 I finally made a trip to Oregon, however not to the Blue Mountains but to Pendleton to take a look at what I had skipped for so many years.
Gordon Lightfoot – remembered
Straying just a bit from the USA Railfanning theme here to mention the passing of legendary Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023) who passed away at age 84 in Toronto, Ontario Canada this past Monday May 1, 2023.
SP in Arizona – 1995
Back in February of 1995 I made a trip to Arizona and photographed both the SP and Santa Fe.
Happy Halloween – 2022
I always thought this photo cried out “Halloween” Continue reading
UP at North Puyallup 7-30-22
Last February I photographed some Union Pacific trains between Sumner and Tacoma and promised myself I’d be back in the spring and summer months, and I did make more than one trip to the area this past spring.
The life of a UP SD40
I recently scanned this slide of UP SD40 3065 taken at Argo Yard in Seattle, WA 10-26-80. Not very remarkable it was just one of Union Pacific’s 123 SD40′s.built in 1966. The 3065 served UP for 22 years until it was retired in March 1988.
BN GP38-2 2344
Over the years I have managed to acquire a number of locomotive number boards. Most of them are BN and nearly all I have a personal connection to, mainly I photographed the locomotive it came from before it was sold or scrapped.
UP between Sumner and Tacoma, WA
I had not really given much thought that the Union Pacific line from Tukwila to Tacoma, WA would be considered USA Railfanning but I guess that it should since it does not have a Blog of its own. As I have been spending more time exploring and photographing trains on the UP line I think it is a worth subject to write about.
Hathaway – Rosebud – Hathaway
This is the third installment of a trip I made to North Dakota in 2019. After leaving Forsyth, MT eastbound 8-4-19 I pulled off I-94 at Hathaway, MT to do a little exploring.