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BN 6452 West
Title:  BN 6452 West
Description:  BN #77 with SD45 6452, former GN 422 on former GN tracks.
Photo Date:  7/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/13/2008 2:04:30 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6452(SD45)
Views:  581   Comments: 2
BN 6452
Title:  BN 6452
Description:  ex-GN 422
Photo Date:  7/1/1980  Upload Date: 6/19/2010 2:57:06 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6452(SD45)
Views:  604   Comments: 1
BN 6376 - SKykomish, WA - 2/13/82
Title:  BN 6376 - SKykomish, WA - 2/13/82
Description:  Seven EMD 6-axle diesels struggle to lift their train over Stevens _ass as the Burlington Northern Railroad crosses Washingtons Cascade Mountains. Six SD40-2s and a lone SD45 combine to defy gravity on a snowy February 13, 1982.
Photo Date:  2/13/1982  Upload Date: 11/17/2010 1:23:51 AM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6376(SD40-2)
Views:  678   Comments: 1
BN Station - Skykomish, WA - 2/13/82
Title:  BN Station - Skykomish, WA - 2/13/82
Description:  Washingtons Stevens Pass, named for John F. Stevens (who explored this area with C.F.B Haskell in the late 1880s in order to plot this rail line), is where the Great Northern Railroad crossed the great Cascade Mountains. In the 1920s, Skykomish boasted a population in the thousands, but in the 2000 census the population was just 214. Once the western terminus for GNs electric operations (1909–56), Skykomish is now mainly a stopping point for recreational access to the surrounding mountains. At an elevation of only 928, the town seems much higher due to the heavy snowfalls that blanket the Cascades each winter. Since this photograph was shot in February 1982, the station has since been temporarily moved away from the tracks and "mothballed" for environmental cleanup and preservation. The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo Date:  2/13/1982  Upload Date: 1/28/2011 8:04:41 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Craig Walker
Categories:  Winter,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  405   Comments: 0
BN 7874
Title:  BN 7874
Description:  EMD SD40-2
Photo Date:  10/23/1983  Upload Date: 3/26/2011 10:59:25 AM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 7874(SD40-2)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
BN 10028
Title:  BN 10028
Description:  ex SP&S 903
Photo Date:  10/24/1983  Upload Date: 12/29/2007 6:40:36 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  617   Comments: 0
BN 6922
Title:  BN 6922
Description:  EMD SD40-2
Photo Date:  3/4/1984  Upload Date: 4/17/2011 12:44:01 AM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 6922(SD40-2)
Views:  481   Comments: 0
BN 6710 East
Title:  BN 6710 East
Description:  #196 with 6710/7813/5352/5043 crossing Foss River bridge
Photo Date:  5/10/1986  Upload Date: 5/8/2010 1:22:27 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Brian Ambrose
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 6710(SD40-2)
Views:  1095   Comments: 8
BN 7045
Title:  BN 7045
Description:  BN 7045 highballs westbound in the afternoon
Photo Date:  7/26/1986  Upload Date: 2/11/2017 7:42:15 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 7045(SD40-2)
Views:  339   Comments: 1
BN 4073 at Sky
Title:  BN 4073 at Sky
Description:  BN B30-7AB 4073 at Skykomish WA
Photo Date:  8/9/1986  Upload Date: 6/9/2013 8:16:07 AM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4073(B30-7AB)
Views:  549   Comments: 1
Pulling into Sky
Title:  Pulling into Sky
Description:  Four units pull a BN freight into Skykomish on a sunny August day. SD40-2 7172 is followed by sister 7865, B30-7AB 4073 and SD45 6671.
Photo Date:  8/9/1986  Upload Date: 7/28/2013 9:28:19 AM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7172(SD40-2)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
BN 560022
Title:  BN 560022
Description:  BN 560022, loaded with cross ties
Photo Date:  10/15/1986  Upload Date: 1/5/2013 11:06:55 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  396   Comments: 0
Skykomish depot
Title:  Skykomish depot
Description:  Skykomish depot
Photo Date:  5/15/1987  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 4:08:32 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  143   Comments: 0
BN 6920
Title:  BN 6920
Description:  BN 6920 leads the Empire Builder westbound in the early afternoon past the depot
Photo Date:  5/15/1987  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 3:53:36 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6920(SD40-2) BN 6708(SD40-2)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
BN 6920
Title:  BN 6920
Description:  BN 6920 leads the Empire Builder westbound in the early afternoon past the depot
Photo Date:  5/15/1987  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 3:53:57 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6920(SD40-2) AMTK 303(F40PH) BN 6708(SD40-2)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
BN 6920
Title:  BN 6920
Description:  BN 6920 leads the Empire Builder westbound in the early afternoon
Photo Date:  5/15/1987  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 3:54:20 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6920(SD40-2) AMTK 303(F40PH) BN 6708(SD40-2)
Views:  445   Comments: 0
BN 6920
Title:  BN 6920
Description:  BN 6920 leads the Empire Builder westbound in the early afternoon
Photo Date:  5/15/1987  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 3:54:48 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6920(SD40-2) AMTK 303(F40PH) AMTK 305(F40PH) BN 6708(SD40-2)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
BN 6920
Title:  BN 6920
Description:  BN 6920 leads the Empire Builder westbound in the early afternoon
Photo Date:  5/15/1987  Upload Date: 9/30/2018 3:55:11 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6920(SD40-2) AMTK 303(F40PH) AMTK 305(F40PH) BN 6708(SD40-2)
Views:  618   Comments: 0
BN 6829
Title:  BN 6829
Description:  BN 6829 backs west toward its train at Baring in the mid day
Photo Date:  5/15/1987  Upload Date: 9/28/2018 8:09:56 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6829(SD40-2)
Views:  336   Comments: 1
BN 8107
Title:  BN 8107
Description:  BN 8107 backs westward down the main toward its waiting train at Baring
Photo Date:  5/15/1987  Upload Date: 9/28/2018 8:10:28 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BN 8107(SD40-2)
Views:  313   Comments: 1
BN 8107
Title:  BN 8107
Description:  BN 8107 backs westward down the main toward its waiting train at Baring
Photo Date:  5/15/1987  Upload Date: 9/28/2018 8:10:59 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 8107(SD40-2)
Views:  296   Comments: 1
BN MoW crane
Title:  BN MoW crane
Description:  A friendly BN employee gives me a wave as a MoW crane pulls down the siding in the afternoon
Photo Date:  5/16/1987  Upload Date: 9/9/2019 7:34:06 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  222   Comments: 0
BN 8045
Title:  BN 8045
Description:  BN 8045, on the west end of a helper set, at the depot, in the afternoon
Photo Date:  5/16/1987  Upload Date: 9/9/2019 7:36:05 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  BN 8045(SD40-2) BN 7193(SD40-2)
Views:  484   Comments: 2
Tamper Track Renewal System P811S
Title:  Tamper Track Renewal System P811S
Description:  Tamper Track Renewal System P811S, on a worktrain at Sky
Photo Date:  8/22/1987  Upload Date: 1/26/2017 9:26:50 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TTRS P811S(SD45)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
BN 7161
Title:  BN 7161
Description:  BN 7161 heads west in the afternoon
Photo Date:  8/29/1987  Upload Date: 8/1/2022 8:53:34 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BN 7161(SD40-2) BN 7114(SD40-2) BN 7914(SD40-2) SOO 6387(SD40-2)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
BN 7161
Title:  BN 7161
Description:  BN 7161 heads west in the afternoon
Photo Date:  8/29/1987  Upload Date: 8/1/2022 8:53:50 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BN 7161(SD40-2) BN 7114(SD40-2) BN 7914(SD40-2) SOO 6387(SD40-2)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
BN 7161
Title:  BN 7161
Description:  BN 7161 heads west in the afternoon
Photo Date:  8/29/1987  Upload Date: 8/1/2022 8:54:10 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BN 7161(SD40-2) BN 7114(SD40-2)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
SOO 6387
Title:  SOO 6387
Description:  SOO 6387
Photo Date:  8/29/1987  Upload Date: 8/1/2022 8:54:26 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6387(SD40-2)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
Fire service car
Title:  Fire service car
Description:  Fire service car
Photo Date:  8/29/1987  Upload Date: 8/1/2022 8:54:43 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  94   Comments: 0
SPS x85
Title:  SPS x85
Description:  SPS X85
Photo Date:  8/29/1987  Upload Date: 8/1/2022 8:55:00 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  93   Comments: 0
BN 968768
Title:  BN 968768
Description:  BN 968768
Photo Date:  8/29/1987  Upload Date: 8/1/2022 8:55:14 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  93   Comments: 0
NP 87654
Title:  NP 87654
Description:  NP 87654, in work train service
Photo Date:  8/29/1987  Upload Date: 11/3/2017 7:58:03 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  137   Comments: 0
BN 957142
Title:  BN 957142
Description:  BN 957142, formerly of the GN, bad ordered on 07/31/87, sitting on the east leg of the wye
Photo Date:  8/29/1987  Upload Date: 11/3/2017 7:58:39 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  144   Comments: 0
NP 87654
Title:  NP 87654
Description:  NP 87654
Photo Date:  10/10/1987  Upload Date: 1/23/2016 7:33:32 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  151   Comments: 0
NP 87654
Title:  NP 87654
Description:  NP 87654, taken as the first image of the subsequent roll of film
Photo Date:  10/11/1987  Upload Date: 6/3/2019 8:30:15 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  83   Comments: 0
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:  379   Comments: 0
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:  1435   Comments: 2
ATSF 73500
Title:  ATSF 73500
Description:  AT&SF 73500 serves as a crane tender in the early afternoon
Photo Date:  7/3/1988  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 8:49:12 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  120   Comments: 0
MRL 392
Title:  MRL 392
Description:  MRL 392 leads a loaded coal train over Stevens Pass in the early afternoon
Photo Date:  7/3/1988  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 8:51:43 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MRL 392(F45)
Views:  711   Comments: 2
MRL 392
Title:  MRL 392
Description:  MRL 392 leads a loaded coal train over Stevens Pass in the early afternoon
Photo Date:  7/3/1988  Upload Date: 7/10/2017 8:52:13 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MRL 392(F45)
Views:  823   Comments: 1
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:  289   Comments: 0
BN 3108
Title:  BN 3108
Description:  BN 3108 heads west later in the afternoon
Photo Date:  9/9/1988  Upload Date: 4/14/2018 8:17:14 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 3108(GP50)
Views:  246   Comments: 1
BN 3108
Title:  BN 3108
Description:  BN 3108 heads west later in the afternoon
Photo Date:  9/9/1988  Upload Date: 4/14/2018 8:17:33 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 3108(GP50)
Views:  214   Comments: 2
BN 4075
Title:  BN 4075
Description:  Pair of B units awaiting a dab fitted locomotive for their next turn.
Photo Date:  10/17/1988  Upload Date: 12/8/2023 4:04:41 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 4075(B30-7AB) BN 4018(B30-7AB)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Amtrak Through Sky
Title:  Amtrak Through Sky
Description:  A pair of Amtrak F40PHs run a special train up the Steven's Pass line early in December 1988. The extra train is full of shoppers headed for Leavenworth to do Christmas shopping as well as a fair amount of people who just wanted to take a pleasant winter train trip through the mountains in daylight.
Photo Date:  12/3/1988  Upload Date: 9/27/2010 8:30:51 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 376(F40PHR)
Views:  652   Comments: 1
The Substation at Sky
Title:  The Substation at Sky
Description:  The large, brick building at Skykomish was the substation for electric operations over Steven's Pass for many years. the building survived well after the end of electric ops in 1956 and was finally removed in the '90s. It's shown here on a misty mountain day with a snow dozer nearby.
Photo Date:  2/20/1989  Upload Date: 4/15/2013 7:26:47 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  252   Comments: 0
Madhouse
Title:  Madhouse
Description:  SP 4-8-4 4449 ran over BN's Steven's Pass line in early 1989 in order to participate in a week-long Washington state event at Wenatchee. Weather was northwest dark; which didn't stop hundreds of railfans and others from chasing the train up US2. This was the scene at Skykomish as the Northern took water and before a BN SD40-2 was added for the trip through Cascade Tunnel.
Photo Date:  2/20/1989  Upload Date: 2/23/2008 9:21:41 AM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 4449(4-8-4)
Views:  832   Comments: 0
Taking Water at Skykomish
Title:  Taking Water at Skykomish
Description:  Mt Ranier Scenic RR no5, a very light, Porter-built Mikado, moved over BN's Steveo's Pass line in February 1989 in order to take part in an event in Wenatchee. The line put a GN herald on the tender for the trip. It's shown here on its return trip taking water at Skykomish.
Photo Date:  2/27/1989  Upload Date: 1/18/2009 11:01:43 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  MRSR 5(65 Tonner)
Views:  518   Comments: 0
Over toe Foss River
Title:  Over toe Foss River
Description:  BN SD40-2 8072 leads LMX 8538 over the Foss River Bridge and downhill several miles east of Skykomish.
Photo Date:  6/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/17/2008 8:32:17 AM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8072(SD40-2)
Views:  531   Comments: 0
BN 1422
Title:  BN 1422
Description:  BN 1422, part of a quartet of helpers
Photo Date:  8/19/1989  Upload Date: 6/29/2014 9:30:03 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  BN 1422(GP10) BN 2543(GP35) BN 3500(GP40M) BN 1854(GP9)
Views:  1141   Comments: 0

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