| Dec 9 | Toy Train Christmas in Toppenish We are approaching the third weekend of Toy Train Christmas at the Northern Pacific Railway Museum at Toppenish, WA. Last weekend I was assigned to work the NP coach 588 serving as our Santa car . It was sunny and a bit cold with snow from the pr... |
| Aug 29 | Another Portland to Fryburg reroute Yesterday 8-28-23 was another one train day in daylight on the Yakima Valley Sub. It would have been a 0 train day had there not been a wildfire in the Yakima River Canyon the night before. BNSF had rerouted the U-PTLFYN northward out of Portlan... |
| Jun 19 | Portland to Fryburg, the long way around On the morning of Friday 6-2-23 I learned that there was a rerouted BNSF U-PTLFYN headed over Stampede Pass headed my way in Yakima. This empty crude oil train normally is routed from Portland, OR to Fryburg, ND by way of Pasco and on into Spokan... |
| May 26 | Warbonnet leading in the Canyon! Tuesday 5-23-23 saw a bright and sunny morning and with word Warbonnet 738 was leading an eastbound oil empty towards the Yakima Canyon I made my way towards Pomona and into the Canyon. Not even to the Rosa Dam yet I heard the dispatcher talking ... |
| Jan 30 | Focus on Yakima, WA Now that I am living in Yakima, WA I suppose I ought to write a bit about the place. First of all “Yakima” is mentioned twice in the 1964 Northern Pacific song “Shake Hands with the Eastern Crowd” from the album A Thousand ... |
| Oct 31 | Toppenish to Ellensburg 10-23-22 After spending the night at Toppenish, WA 10-22-22 I was getting ready to head for home the next morning which was Sunday 10-23-22. At the motel I had the Stampede West stream on railroadradio.net going and heard the dispatcher talking to at leas... |
| Oct 25 | Yakima Valley Sub – October 22, 2022 While driving to the Northern Pacific Railway museum at Toppenish, WA Saturday 10-22-22 I was lucky enough to be following an eastbound XTACABA out of Easton on the BNSF’s Stampede Sub. At Ellensburg the Subdivision changes over to the Yaki... |