BNSF 5040 leads a quintet of mixed GEs west around the S curve at Adrian, WA along Crab Creek with the SPOEVE manifest featuring a couple Boeing 737 fuselages on today's edition. The planes usuall... (more)
BNSF 5040 and four trailing GEs pour on the colas to keep the SPOEVE ahead of a Z train trailing by about 15 minute on the mainline west out of Spokane. This train has a few Boeing shipments on th... (more)
A quintet of GEs supplies 22,000 HP to keep the SPOEVE ahead of a Z train at Harrington, WA. Running about 10 minutes ahead of the Z, today's SPOEVE has the unusual feature of carrying two Boeing ... (more)
The daily westbound SPOEVE, the only manifest that regularly runs over the Spokane to Everett ex-GN mainline, is just a few miles into the long descent down Trinidad Hill as it passes "The Cr... (more)
A westbound manifest powered up to near full throttle at Leavenworth.
The passage of a westbound manifest train lights up the darkness of a starry night as it travels down the mountain and across the Foss River Trestle, a 1909 vintage viaduct spanning the Foss River... (more)
The Spokane - Everett general freight blasts out of the west portal Winton Tunnel, the third bore placed in quick succession in order to cross through the ridges from Chumstick Valley to the Nason... (more)
Tatyana and the brakemen from the SPO-EVE engage in idle chit-chat about how they like to spend the last days of summer as the rest of the crew waits for the dispatcher to give them the switch. I'... (more)
Westbound Spokane-Everett at Trinidad MP 1624.
A westbound manifest drops down from the Columbia Plateau via Trinidad Loop.