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By:Rick Morgan
Dates:1/1/1983 - 12/31/1989
Album Info:Washington State 1983-1989
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Dark Day at Sky
Title:  Dark Day at Sky
Description:  A pair of BN SD40-2s idle in Skykomish on a drab day, awaiting the next eastbound they're going to help up the 2.2% grade to Cascade Tunnel. The transformer building in the background survived from the end of electric operations through the late '80s.
Photo Date:  4/24/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2013 9:06:37 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7035(SD40-2)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
Just another GP38-2
Title:  Just another GP38-2
Description:  During the late '80s EMDX GP38-2s were common throughout the BN in the northwest as local power. 759, a former PC unit, is shown here in Everett's Delta Yard with BN 2097.
Photo Date:  4/24/1988  Upload Date: 2/3/2009 8:49:31 PM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 759(GP38-2)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
WCRC
Title:  WCRC
Description:  Washington Central took over a good portion of the BN's former NP lines in central part of the Evergreren State in 1986. The road's headquarters was at Yakima, which is where we find GP9s 301, 302 and CF7 401. In 1996 the WCRC sold bacK most of its trackage to the BN as it reopened the Stampede Pass route. The remaining parts of the shortline were renamed the Columbia Basin RR.
Photo Date:  4/24/1988  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 7:55:12 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  WCRC 301(GP9)
Views:  739   Comments: 1
EMDX 771 on the Annie Local
Title:  EMDX 771 on the Annie Local
Description:  BN leased a large number of EMDX's former Conrail/Penn Central GP38-2s and used them system wide; 771 is shown with BN GP9 1812 on the Anacortes Local at Burlington in 1988.
Photo Date:  4/26/1988  Upload Date: 11/2/2012 9:57:49 AM
Location:  Burlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 771(GP38-2) BN 1812(GP9)
Views:  460   Comments: 1
Amtrak special
Title:  Amtrak special
Description:  White flags flying, a WB Amtrak special passes through Skykomish WA on the BN on a day trip from Seattle to Leavenworth, WA.
Photo Date:  5/8/1988  Upload Date: 1/17/2008 9:10:56 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 400(F40PHR)
Views:  1275   Comments: 2
BN SD40-2B 7501
Title:  BN SD40-2B 7501
Description:  BN SD40-2B at Lowell Jct WA
Photo Date:  5/20/1988  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 10:25:02 AM
Location:  Lowell, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7501(SD40-2B)
Views:  1150   Comments: 0
Switching Orillia
Title:  Switching Orillia
Description:  BN had a small yard at Orillia WA to serve industries between Seattle and Auburn. GP9 1746 backs for a cut of cars in the yard in May 1988. The veteran geep is an NP original and would later be involved in the GP28M program.
Photo Date:  5/20/1988  Upload Date: 9/21/2013 9:26:46 AM
Location:  Orillia, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1746(GP9)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Downtown Everett
Title:  Downtown Everett
Description:  BN GP38-2 2080 spots cars at an industry near Pacific Avenue in downtown Everett in May 1988. This scene is now impossible to duplicate as the entire area is now covered by the new transit center.
Photo Date:  5/20/1988  Upload Date: 9/21/2013 9:27:04 AM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2080(GP38-2)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
Train 600 at Lowell
Title:  Train 600 at Lowell
Description:  BN train no.600 sits at Lowell Junction while waiting for the Gold Bar Turn to clear the single track main before heading up the hill to Cascade Tunnel. Power today includes five SD40-2s a single B30-7AB and an SD40-2B.
Photo Date:  5/20/1988  Upload Date: 9/21/2013 9:27:17 AM
Location:  Lowell, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7072(SD40-2)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
Gold Bar Turn at Lowell
Title:  Gold Bar Turn at Lowell
Description:  BN's Gold Bar Turn whistles through Lowell on its way to Everett's Delta Yard in May 1988. Power is EMDX 804 and BN GP35 2524. 804 still wears a Conrail blue nose prior to its being painted white
Photo Date:  5/20/1988  Upload Date: 9/21/2013 9:27:44 AM
Location:  Lowell, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 804(GP38-2)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Lowell Junction
Title:  Lowell Junction
Description:  Lowell Junction is located south of Everett, WA. At one time the GN, NP and Milwaukee Road all met here as they approached the city from the south. Here train no. 600, the daily Seattle to Spokane freight, has left its train on the siding next to the former GN main at Lowell while it ran down the old NP line to the right to grab a cut of cars from the former GN Delta Yard. After joining the train and testing the air, they will head out of town and up the hill for Cascade Tunnel, which is about 64 rail miles ahead.
Photo Date:  5/20/1988  Upload Date: 1/4/2009 9:05:14 AM
Location:  Lowell, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  292   Comments: 0
Off the main
Title:  Off the main
Description:  BN's Maltby Turn curves off the BN main at Black River Jct south of Seattle in May 1988. The train will head up the old NP line through Renton to Woodinville and proceed to Maltby, if traffic dictates. Former NP GP9 1888 is the only power required today.
Photo Date:  5/20/1988  Upload Date: 5/17/2008 8:32:43 AM
Location:  Tukwila, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1888(GP9)
Views:  579   Comments: 1
Switching Argo
Title:  Switching Argo
Description:  UP MP15DC works Argo Yard in Seattle. It's one of 15 of the type acquired by UP from P&LE in late 1984.
Photo Date:  5/25/1988  Upload Date: 6/13/2012 6:02:35 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1309(MP15DC)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
Sumas Interchange
Title:  Sumas Interchange
Description:  BN GP38-2 2083 pushes a string of cars into Canada from Sumas WA while a set of power idles nearby while awaiting the evening southbound to Everett
Photo Date:  5/30/1988  Upload Date: 6/13/2012 3:40:05 PM
Location:  Sumas, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2075(GP38) BN 2083(GP38-2)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
Around the Corner at Burlington
Title:  Around the Corner at Burlington
Description:  A BN train comes around the corner from Sumas into Burlington WA in June 1988. 2085 leads 1702 and 2579.
Photo Date:  6/5/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 11:01:59 PM
Location:  Burlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2085(GP38-2)
Views:  543   Comments: 0
In the Air
Title:  In the Air
Description:  BN GP9 1888, a former NP unit, leads train 644 north to the Canadian border town of Sumas in June 1988; EMDX 762 and BN 2076 follow.
Photo Date:  6/18/1988  Upload Date: 5/15/2009 8:52:56 PM
Location:  Sedro-Woolley, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1888(GP9)
Views:  567   Comments: 1
By the Depot at Everett
Title:  By the Depot at Everett
Description:  Empty grainer G1B pauses at the Everett Depot in July 1988 behind three SD40-2s. (8012, 6718, 7132). The train has come up from Interbay and will quickly turn east and take the tunnel under the city as it heads towards the Cascade Mountains.
Photo Date:  7/23/1988  Upload Date: 6/11/2011 9:59:13 AM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8012(SD40-2)
Views:  267   Comments: 2
The BN on Everett Bay
Title:  The BN on Everett Bay
Description:  An eastbound empty grainer crosses Hewitt Avenue in Everett WA in July 1988. The train is passing the depot and is starting its turn for the tunnel that runs under the city.
Photo Date:  7/23/1988  Upload Date: 6/11/2011 9:57:56 AM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8012(SD40-2)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
BN SD40-2s at Marysville
Title:  BN SD40-2s at Marysville
Description:  A pair of BN SD40-2s (8152 and 8146) bring a train northbound through Marysville WA in July 1988.
Photo Date:  7/23/1988  Upload Date: 9/30/2012 11:09:40 AM
Location:  Marysville, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8152(SD40-2)
Views:  209   Comments: 1
BN GP9 1774
Title:  BN GP9 1774
Description:  BN GP9 1774 in local service north of Bellingham. A former GN unit.
Photo Date:  7/23/1988  Upload Date: 10/13/2012 9:45:45 AM
Location:  Ferndale, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1774(GP9)
Views:  573   Comments: 0
Light power in Everett
Title:  Light power in Everett
Description:  During the mid to late '80s BN's train 600 was a daily Seattle to Spokane manifest and could usually be counted on as a daylight eastbound to shoot. On this day the crew has left their train about a mile away off the main at Lowell and is backing through SeaLine Jct to Everett's Delta yard to pick up more cars. That's the US 2 bridge behind them.
Photo Date:  7/23/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 10:34:07 AM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 7077(SD40-2)
Views:  543   Comments: 1
BN headed for Canada
Title:  BN headed for Canada
Description:  A pair of BN SD40-2s run through Silvana WA on their way to Vancouver BC.
Photo Date:  7/23/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 11:35:46 AM
Location:  Silvana, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 8152(SD40-2)
Views:  462   Comments: 2
Leaving Burlington
Title:  Leaving Burlington
Description:  The Annie Local departs Burlington in the summer of 1988 behind 1422 and 2090.
Photo Date:  7/27/1988  Upload Date: 12/31/2009 4:11:40 PM
Location:  Burlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1422(GP10)
Views:  477   Comments: 2
Annie Local Leaving Burlington
Title:  Annie Local Leaving Burlington
Description:  BN GP10 1422 brings the Anacortes Local through Burlington in the summer of 1988
Photo Date:  7/27/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 11:02:21 PM
Location:  Burlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1422(GP10)
Views:  374   Comments: 1
GP9 1742
Title:  GP9 1742
Description:  BN 1742, a former NP GP9, sits by the freight depot in Bellingham in August 1988.
Photo Date:  8/7/1988  Upload Date: 2/28/2008 9:54:06 PM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1742(GP9)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
Amtrak Special at Skykomish
Title:  Amtrak Special at Skykomish
Description:  A Great Northwest Rail Adventure drumhead brings up the rear of an Amtrak special train rolling through Skykomish in August 1988.
Photo Date:  8/8/1988  Upload Date: 8/28/2009 7:32:33 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  262   Comments: 0
BN Snoqualmie Local
Title:  BN Snoqualmie Local
Description:  A BN local runs across a bridge near Maple Valley on its way towards Snoqualmie with GP30 2225 on a frustratingly dark day. The train today consists of a bulkhead flat and caboose. The bridge still shows signs of the Milwaukee Road's catenary.
Photo Date:  8/12/1988  Upload Date: 5/20/2011 6:54:09 PM
Location:  Maple Valley, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1869(GP9)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
Running Through Maple Valley
Title:  Running Through Maple Valley
Description:  BN GP9 1869 leads a very short, one-car local through Maple Velley WA. This is a former NP line which was also the Milwaukee Road main.
Photo Date:  8/12/1988  Upload Date: 5/20/2011 6:54:23 PM
Location:  Maple Valley, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1869(GP9)
Views:  522   Comments: 1
Cat-powered SD40-2
Title:  Cat-powered SD40-2
Description:  BN 6330 was a garden-variety SD40-2 until 1987 when BN installed a Caterpillar 3612 engine in it as a test. The resulting 3800 HP unit, actually called an SD40C by the road, was tested across the system for several years.
Photo Date:  8/12/1988  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 8:47:15 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6330(SD40E)
Views:  1861   Comments: 2
UP SD40-2 3271
Title:  UP SD40-2 3271
Description:  UP SD40-2 3271 at Argo Yard in Seattle
Photo Date:  8/12/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 11:02:44 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3271(SD40-2)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
UP SW10 1249
Title:  UP SW10 1249
Description:  UP SW10 1249 at Seattle-Argo in August 1988
Photo Date:  8/12/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 11:03:17 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1249(SW10)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
UP SW10 1254
Title:  UP SW10 1254
Description:  UP SW10 1254 works near Argo in the late afternoon on 12 August 1988
Photo Date:  8/12/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 11:04:25 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1254(SW10)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
UP SD40-2s at Argo
Title:  UP SD40-2s at Argo
Description:  UP 3413 and 3400 sit at the engine house at Argo in the summer of 1088
Photo Date:  8/12/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 11:03:34 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3413(SD40-2)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
Puyallup!
Title:  Puyallup!
Description:  I always wanted to shoot a picture of a train at Puyallup- here it is, three units with five cars, southbound towards Tacoma.
Photo Date:  8/12/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 11:05:01 PM
Location:  Puyallup, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7896(SD40-2)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
TMBL S4 921
Title:  TMBL S4 921
Description:  Red and White TMBL S4 at Tacoma in August 1988
Photo Date:  8/12/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 11:05:16 PM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TMBL 921(S4)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
Stop at the depot
Title:  Stop at the depot
Description:  A pair of BN units stop at the Renton WA depot before heading up the branch for Maple Valley.
Photo Date:  8/12/1988  Upload Date: 2/28/2008 9:51:17 PM
Location:  Renton, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1869(GP9)
Views:  518   Comments: 1
Tideflats switcher
Title:  Tideflats switcher
Description:  BN SW1200 177 works industries in the Tacoma Tideflats in August 1988.
Photo Date:  8/12/1988  Upload Date: 2/28/2008 9:50:53 PM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 177(SW1200)
Views:  642   Comments: 0
Amtrak Through Tacoma
Title:  Amtrak Through Tacoma
Description:  Amtrak 351 leads train no.14, the Coast Starlight, through Reservation in Tacoma in August 1988.
Photo Date:  8/13/1988  Upload Date: 3/26/2011 6:52:50 PM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 351(F40PH)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
BN Grain in Tacoma
Title:  BN Grain in Tacoma
Description:  BN GP35 2572 leads EMDX 767 and BN 2517 on a grain train through Tacoma in August 1988.
Photo Date:  8/13/1988  Upload Date: 3/26/2011 6:53:06 PM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2572(GP35)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
The Mount Ranier heads South
Title:  The Mount Ranier heads South
Description:  Amtrak train 797, the southbound Mt Rainier runs through Reservation on its Seattle to Portland run in the summer of 1988. Power is a single F40PH with three Superliners trailing. The former Milwaukee Road truss bridge crosses the BN/UP line at this point.
Photo Date:  8/13/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2013 9:05:19 PM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 371(F40PHR)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
Idling at Tacoma
Title:  Idling at Tacoma
Description:  A covy of BN units idle in the Tacoma engine facility in August 1988
Photo Date:  8/13/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2013 9:05:35 PM
Location:  Arlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2097(GP38-2) BN 206(SW1200)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
Local Power at Tacoma
Title:  Local Power at Tacoma
Description:  UP GP38-2 2056 sits at Tacoma with a former MP extended vision caboose in August 1988. The unit has subsequently been renumbered 556.
Photo Date:  8/13/1988  Upload Date: 12/21/2008 6:33:41 PM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2056(GP38-2)
Views:  1339   Comments: 0
UP SD40-2 3222
Title:  UP SD40-2 3222
Description:  UP SD40-2 3222 sits at Argo in Seattle in August 1988
Photo Date:  8/13/1988  Upload Date: 1/22/2012 10:48:02 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3222(SD40-2)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
BN freight in Seattle
Title:  BN freight in Seattle
Description:  BN "Tiger Stripe" GP50 leads a southbound train of auto racks through Seattle in August 1988. Two LMX units and a fuel tender/SD40-2 set help out.
Photo Date:  8/13/1988  Upload Date: 1/22/2012 10:49:02 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 3110(GP50)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
Southbound Out of Seattle
Title:  Southbound Out of Seattle
Description:  The Seattle skyline stands behind BN 8170 as it leads a train out of town in August 1988
Photo Date:  8/13/1988  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 11:04:10 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8170(SD40-2)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
BN in Tacoma
Title:  BN in Tacoma
Description:  Two BN SD40-2s power a freight past the road's Tacoma engine facility in August 1988.
Photo Date:  8/14/1988  Upload Date: 5/20/2011 6:53:55 PM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7103(SD40-2)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
EB BN grain train at McCarver Street
Title:  EB BN grain train at McCarver Street
Description:  A pair of BN SD40-2s run grain train GC-1 eastbound through Tacoma in August 1988.
Photo Date:  8/14/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2013 9:04:36 PM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8105(SD40-2)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
Train 634 At The Border
Title:  Train 634 At The Border
Description:  Northbound BN train 634 pauses at the Blaine, WA depot before heading across the border into Canada.
Photo Date:  8/27/1988  Upload Date: 1/22/2012 10:48:24 PM
Location:  Blaine, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8144(SD40-2)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
Northbound BN 8149
Title:  Northbound BN 8149
Description:  BN SD40-2 8149 leads northbound train 632 near Mount Vernon WA on a beautiful autumn day.
Photo Date:  9/3/1988  Upload Date: 1/22/2012 10:48:46 PM
Location:  Mount Vernon, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8149(SD40-2)
Views:  187   Comments: 1
Deal With It
Title:  Deal With It
Description:  When you live in the Pacific Northwest you quickly learn that you'd better figure out how to shoot in poor weather if you want to chase trains. On Labor Day, 1988 the goal was to shoot the BN Kirkland Turn as it ran from Everett towards Woodinville. The fog was thick- bad enough I couldn't get the shot I really wanted on a bridge at Snohomish. This was the first picture of the day- still in the fog, at Maltby, midway on the former NP line between Snohomish and Woodinville.
Photo Date:  9/5/1988  Upload Date: 8/19/2010 11:16:32 PM
Location:  Maltby, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  273   Comments: 1


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