| Oct 12 | Union Gap, WA This is a detailed look at the town of Union Gap just south of Yakima, WA. The name reflects the gap between two mountains just south of town that the Yakima River flows through. Wikipedia has a lot of great information about the town of Union Ga... |
| Aug 22 | PYT – BNSF 1469 West Ever since BNSF started running a Saturday daylight westbound out of Pasco to Yakima that is really something to look forward to when at the Northern Pacific Railway museum at Toppenish. It was July of this year when the train became a regular fi... |
| Jul 8 | BNSF 263 West Though I had planned to write an update to another Blog this evening I have decided to update this one whenever something unusual happens. A westbound in daylight would certainly be considered different. But that may be the way things go on Satu... |
| May 6 | Toppenish and the White Swan branch The White Swan branch just west of Toppenish, WA was once operated by the Northern Pacific and the NP called it the Simco branch- 13th Subdivision.. Here is a page from 1 1968 NP Idaho Division timetable showing this branch. History and basic inf... |
| 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... |