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By:Rick Morgan
Dates:1/1/1990 - 12/31/1999
Album Info:Washington State 1990-99
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On the Geiger branch
Title:  On the Geiger branch
Description:  Three units work a BN local on the Geiger Field branch just east of Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane. This picture was taken from the back seat of a Navy EA-6B Prowler on final to Fairchild's runway 23.
Photo Date:  3/20/1990  Upload Date: 3/7/2008 11:32:27 PM
Location:  Fairchild, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2716(GP39-2)
Views:  700   Comments: 2
Cat powered BN
Title:  Cat powered BN
Description:  BN toyed with a small number of Caterpillar-powered units in the late '80s. The road had ten units rebuilt with Cat engines as "GP20Cs" and operated them until 1993, when they were sold. 2003, a former GN GP20, is shown at Everett WA in Mar 1990 as it trundles with consist the long way for Delta Yard.
Photo Date:  3/25/1990  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 7:20:28 PM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  BN 2003(GP20C)
Views:  1014   Comments: 0
Field of Dafodils
Title:  Field of Dafodils
Description:  The Skagit Valley in Washington is one of the biggest bulb growing regions in the US; every spring brings a riot of colors as the dafodils and tulips come up. Here southbound BN train 635 runs past a field of dafs in the early morning sun; Three SD40-2s lead a single GP38.
Photo Date:  3/25/1990  Upload Date: 8/29/2009 10:36:39 PM
Location:  Mount Vernon, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  BN 8145(SD40-2)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
Along Everett Bay
Title:  Along Everett Bay
Description:  BN SD9 6241 brings a cut of cars south from Bayside Yard in Everett in Apr 1990. The unit, the former DM&IR 145, was one of eight second-hand SD9s the BN picked up in the 1989-90 timeframe.
Photo Date:  4/15/1990  Upload Date: 5/20/2009 7:59:55 PM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6241(SD9)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
Crossing the Skagit: 1990
Title:  Crossing the Skagit: 1990
Description:  BN's New West Local heads northbound across the Skagit River Bridge between Burlington and Mt Vernon WA in Jun 1990. The bridge was built with a swing section, although it's undoubtedly been many years since it was used as such. Power is GP38 2178 and GP38-2 2091.
Photo Date:  6/5/1990  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 10:35:47 AM
Location:  Mount Vernon, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2178(GP38)
Views:  485   Comments: 1
Cascade passage
Title:  Cascade passage
Description:  Washington's Cascade Mountains are noted for clouds, mist and a dark attitude. This is a westbound coming off the mountain about five miles above Gold Bar behind an SD40-2 and Oakway SD60.
Photo Date:  6/6/1990  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 7:21:06 PM
Location:  Gold Bar, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8065(SD40-2)
Views:  495   Comments: 1
Approaching Foss River
Title:  Approaching Foss River
Description:  LMX GE 8527 approaches the bridge at Foss River, deep in the Cascades.
Photo Date:  6/6/1990  Upload Date: 5/15/2009 8:52:26 PM
Location:  Foss , WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  LMX 8527(B39-8E)
Views:  537   Comments: 0
Washington Central at Warden
Title:  Washington Central at Warden
Description:  Washington Central's small yard office at Warden WA in 1990; SW1200s 201 and 211 look on. I really hated to shoot this up-sun but it was the only way to get the building, units and part of the yard in the entire picture.
Photo Date:  7/29/1990  Upload Date: 12/20/2008 10:14:32 PM
Location:  Warden, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  WCRC 211(SW1200)
Views:  722   Comments: 0
They Grow Butler Bins Big in East Washington
Title:  They Grow Butler Bins Big in East Washington
Description:  A brace of Oakway SD60s run an eastbound BN freight past some mammoth Butler Bins at Lind WA in July 1990. 9029 leads, 9083 trails on former NP tracks.
Photo Date:  7/29/1990  Upload Date: 1/27/2009 9:45:47 PM
Location:  Lind, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 9029(SD60)
Views:  620   Comments: 1
BN Stacks at the Tunnel
Title:  BN Stacks at the Tunnel
Description:  WB BN stack train no.15 prepares to enter Cascade Tunnel on 4 August 1990. LMX 8542 is followed by three units today.
Photo Date:  8/4/1990  Upload Date: 11/14/2010 7:33:20 AM
Location:  Berne, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LMX 8542(B39-8E)
Views:  451   Comments: 3
BN's CW
Title:  BN's CW
Description:  The small town of Hite is located on BN's ex NP Central Washington branch that ran to Coulee City. The CW local heads west in this shot at Hite behind four units (2724, 3048, 4106, 3041) at 8:40AM. Trailing are about 50 covered hoppers that will be filed with the wheat the region is justly famous for.
Photo Date:  8/4/1990  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 10:35:31 AM
Location:  Hite, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
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Views:  294   Comments: 0
BN's CW local
Title:  BN's CW local
Description:  BN's westbound CW local passes through Hite WA on its way to Coulee City WA. A C&S caboose trails the train of covered hoppers.
Photo Date:  8/4/1990  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 10:35:39 AM
Location:  Hite, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  291   Comments: 0
BN CW Local Works Reardon
Title:  BN CW Local Works Reardon
Description:  BN's CW Local works Reardon on the former NP Central Washington branch.
Photo Date:  9/4/1990  Upload Date: 9/2/2013 10:26:27 AM
Location:  Reardan, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  151   Comments: 0
BN local power
Title:  BN local power
Description:  Two BN units idle at Burlington waiting for their next call.
Photo Date:  6/17/1991  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 8:10:15 PM
Location:  Burlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgn
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2819(GP39M)
Views:  619   Comments: 0
BN's Intalco Local
Title:  BN's Intalco Local
Description:  BN GP38-2 2089 leads the road's Intalco Local back home to Bellingham after a morning working the refinery complex located on the Cherry Point branch. Sister 2093 trails.
Photo Date:  6/17/1991  Upload Date: 5/13/2008 11:18:51 PM
Location:  Custer, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  485   Comments: 1
Body by GM
Title:  Body by GM
Description:  Although designated a GP39M now by Burlington Northern, 2819 will still be admired by most railfans for its classic GP30 body style.
Photo Date:  6/17/1991  Upload Date: 5/13/2008 11:19:00 PM
Location:  Burlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2819(GP39M)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
Headed for Sumas
Title:  Headed for Sumas
Description:  BN caboose 12558 brings up the rear of train no.644, the daily turn to the CP connection at Sumas. This cab was one of 125 rebuilt by the road's WFE shop in Spokane during the early 1990s; it was originally 10775 (PC&F, 1973).
Photo Date:  6/19/1991  Upload Date: 5/11/2008 10:20:44 AM
Location:  Mount Vernon, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
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Views:  323   Comments: 0
A wave and the markers
Title:  A wave and the markers
Description:  BN caboose 12246 (PC&F, 1978) brings up the markers of train no634, northbound for New Westminster BC, on a pleasant day near Burlington WA
Photo Date:  6/19/1991  Upload Date: 5/11/2008 10:20:58 AM
Location:  Burlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
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Views:  374   Comments: 0
Through the Wires
Title:  Through the Wires
Description:  BN 8143 leads sister 8161 on train 634 as it runs north out of Burlington WA towards Vancouver Canada in Jun 1991. Luckily the sun is out in the Skagit Valley while the clouds pile up over the Cascades.
Photo Date:  6/19/1991  Upload Date: 5/20/2009 8:00:27 PM
Location:  Burlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8143(SD40-2)
Views:  1319   Comments: 1
One car local
Title:  One car local
Description:  BN GP38-2 2081 handles a single refrigerator car on the Twin Cities Spur at Stanwood Wa in June 1991. The spur runs about a half mile from the mainline to serve a cold food storage facility.
Photo Date:  6/19/1991  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 10:35:56 AM
Location:  Stanwood, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2081(GP38-2)
Views:  734   Comments: 0
Chehalis Western in the Tideflats
Title:  Chehalis Western in the Tideflats
Description:  Chealis Western was one of Weyerhauser's stable of lumber roads, and was an older name resurected to operate former Milwaukee Road trackage from 1980 to 1992. Here two of their four GP38-2s prepare to run an empty lumber train out of Tacoma's tideflats area. With the shutdown of the Washington operation both units would move to company road De Queen & Eastern.
Photo Date:  6/20/1991  Upload Date: 4/27/2008 6:00:58 PM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CWWR 818(GP38-2)
Views:  1428   Comments: 0
BN 428
Title:  BN 428
Description:  BN owns 55 SW1000s, 12 of them came with the CB&Q, the rest were all delivered in the road's first two years. They've toiled for the BN (and now BNSF) for over 35 years. 428 comes around the curve near Tacoma Union Station in June 1991.
Photo Date:  6/20/1991  Upload Date: 5/18/2008 9:25:43 PM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 428(SW1000)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
Storming through PA Jct
Title:  Storming through PA Jct
Description:  BN 8144 and 8150 bring train no.647 up the short grade through PA Jct in Everett. The train has come out Delta Yard through Sealine and is now entering the main on its trip to Seattle.
Photo Date:  7/23/1991  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 11:25:17 AM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8144(SD40-2)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
BN Train number 6 in Everett
Title:  BN Train number 6 in Everett
Description:  Eastbound BN stack train number 6 runs through Everett Wa in July 1991 behind five GP50s.
Photo Date:  7/23/1991  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 11:25:39 AM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 3110(GP50)
Views:  472   Comments: 0
Running Through Everett
Title:  Running Through Everett
Description:  BN 8130 leads three other units (8162, 4071, 7082) and train no.600 eastbound through Everett WA in the summer of 1991. This area is now occupied by the city's new passenger station.
Photo Date:  7/23/1991  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 11:26:05 AM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8130(SD40-2)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
Train meet
Title:  Train meet
Description:  English is the first siding north of Everett Washington. Here train 644, bound for Sumas, meets a soushbound potash train out of Canada with caboose 12585 trailing.
Photo Date:  8/3/1991  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 8:09:27 PM
Location:  English, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 2094(GP38-2)
Views:  538   Comments: 0
Empty Grain Train at Gold Bar
Title:  Empty Grain Train at Gold Bar
Description:  A quartet of BN SD40-2s bring an empty grain train through Gold Bar WA on their way to Steven's Pass.
Photo Date:  8/3/1991  Upload Date: 7/10/2010 8:26:41 AM
Location:  Gold Bar, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7938(SD40-2)
Views:  351   Comments: 1
BN Annie Local crossing the Swinomish
Title:  BN Annie Local crossing the Swinomish
Description:  BN's Anacortes Local crosses the Swinomish Channel west of Whitney WA on a beautiful September day. The train is headed west towards the refineries on March's Point that represent the majority of traffic on the line. The bridge is normally kept open for marine traffic and is closed only for the twice daily passage of the train, which normaly ran six days a week. The current span was placed in 1953, replacing a 60 year old predecessor. This view is to the north and was taken from the adjacent WA20 structure.
Photo Date:  9/14/1991  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 10:36:18 AM
Location:  Whitney, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  843   Comments: 5
Running through Everett
Title:  Running through Everett
Description:  Two LMX GEs and a single BN SD40-2 bring double-stack train no.3 under Interstate-5 and into Everett in Sept 1991. This point is called Sealine Jct and would later be the location where the city's new passenger station would be built.
Photo Date:  9/20/1991  Upload Date: 12/23/2009 10:56:01 PM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LMX 8587(B39-8E)
Views:  460   Comments: 1
BN SD40-2s in Seattle
Title:  BN SD40-2s in Seattle
Description:  A semetrical pair of BN SD40-2s bring train no.601 through Seattle on a beautiful September day in 1991.
Photo Date:  9/20/1991  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 11:26:30 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8145(SD40-2)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
Light BN Power in Seattle
Title:  Light BN Power in Seattle
Description:  BN grainer G83 has dropped its train at the elevator near downtown Seattle and its power is heading light to Interbay.
Photo Date:  9/20/1991  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 11:27:25 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6357(SD40-2)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
Headed for Balmer
Title:  Headed for Balmer
Description:  Four BN units run to Balmer Yard in Seattle after dropping their grcin train.
Photo Date:  9/20/1991  Upload Date: 1/4/2015 12:37:56 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 4053(B30-7AB)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
Seattle Action
Title:  Seattle Action
Description:  BN SD40-2 6357 and three other units pause near Galer Street in Seattle while train no.601 runs south towards downtown Seattle in September 1991. The light power is off grainer G83 and is headed to Interbay after leaving its train.
Photo Date:  9/20/1991  Upload Date: 1/4/2009 9:04:55 AM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6357(SD40-2)
Views:  371   Comments: 1
BN Train no.600 at Lowell
Title:  BN Train no.600 at Lowell
Description:  BN train number 600 was a daily eastbound freight that could usually be expected to run through Everett mid-day. Today it has four units and is shown stopping traffic at Lowell. 7301 is one of ten former MP SD40s leased through GATX as "SD40Gs".
Photo Date:  9/25/1991  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 11:27:51 AM
Location:  Lowell, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 7301(SD40R)
Views:  476   Comments: 1
Working Conway
Title:  Working Conway
Description:  BN's Conway Turn used to do local work from Everett up the Skagit Valley north as far as Burlington; here it spots covered hoppers at the elevator in Conway itself while the rest of the short train holds the main ready to head south. Power today is GP9 1854 and EMDX GP38-2 762.
Photo Date:  9/25/1991  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 11:28:19 AM
Location:  Conway, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  150   Comments: 0
Man at work
Title:  Man at work
Description:  A BN brakeman attaches the air hose for the Conway Turn at Stanwood WA on 25 Sep 1991.
Photo Date:  9/25/1991  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 7:20:37 PM
Location:  Stanwood, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 762(GP38-2)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
BN Conway Turn
Title:  BN Conway Turn
Description:  BN's Conway Turn runs through Stanwood WA in Sept 1991 behind GP9 1854 and EMDX 762. The train has already picked up three refrigerator cars from the Twin Cites Food spur; after swapping the empty covered hoppers for loads at the local elevator they'll head for the barn in Everett.
Photo Date:  9/25/1991  Upload Date: 11/5/2008 9:38:40 PM
Location:  Stanwood, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1854(GP9)
Views:  525   Comments: 1
BN Train 34 headed uphill at Grotto
Title:  BN Train 34 headed uphill at Grotto
Description:  LMX 8501 and a pair of B30-7ABs run BN train no.34 uphill above Grotto, WA. The fog has just cleared from this section of track and the rest of the way to Cascade Tunnel will be in the sun.
Photo Date:  9/25/1991  Upload Date: 1/27/2009 9:47:00 PM
Location:  Grotto, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LMX 8501(B39-8E)
Views:  1539   Comments: 6
BN EB freight 34
Title:  BN EB freight 34
Description:  An eastbound BN freight behind an LMX GE and a pair of GE B30-7ABs work uphill at Baring WA with Mt Index in the background
Photo Date:  9/25/1991  Upload Date: 1/22/2008 9:49:45 PM
Location:  Baring, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  LMX 8501(B39-8E)
Views:  1158   Comments: 5
Making the Curve at Burlington
Title:  Making the Curve at Burlington
Description:  A southbound potash extra negotiates the turn at Fairhaven and Cherry in downtown Burlington WA as it comes off the old GN line from Sedro Woolley to the main in October 1991. The train had been picked up from the CP at the border and featured the rare use of B-units on the Sumas line. GP39-2 2735 leads GEs 428 and 4111 with GP39M 2875 trailing.
Photo Date:  10/3/1991  Upload Date: 11/14/2010 7:31:27 AM
Location:  Burlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2735(GP39-2)
Views:  403   Comments: 1
BN Westbound at Marshall
Title:  BN Westbound at Marshall
Description:  BN caboose 12304 brings up the markers of a westbound freight on the old NP main at Marshall WA.
Photo Date:  4/13/1992  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 9:54:50 PM
Location:  Marshall, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  315   Comments: 1
Six Units at Marshall
Title:  Six Units at Marshall
Description:  Six BN SD40-2s swing a freight through Marshall in the spring of 1992
Photo Date:  4/13/1992  Upload Date: 6/9/2013 8:19:11 AM
Location:  Marshall, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 8109(SD40-2)
Views:  377   Comments: 1
BN leading the UP
Title:  BN leading the UP
Description:  BN SD60M 9288 leads three UP units and an empty coal train at Scribner WA, just west of Marshall on the former SP&S.
Photo Date:  4/13/1992  Upload Date: 3/7/2008 11:31:44 PM
Location:  Scribner, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 9288(SD60M)
Views:  589   Comments: 1
BN local at Cheney
Title:  BN local at Cheney
Description:  BN SD40-2s 7826 and 6354 work a local on former NP/SP&S tracks at Cheney WA in April 1992.
Photo Date:  4/13/1992  Upload Date: 3/8/2008 1:32:00 PM
Location:  Cheney, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7826(SD40-2)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
Climbing West Out of Spokane
Title:  Climbing West Out of Spokane
Description:  BN freight no.21 climbs out of Spokane WA over the Indian Creek Trestle in April 1992 behind 7901, 4065 and 8175.
Photo Date:  4/14/1992  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 7:20:56 PM
Location:  Spokane, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  BN 7901(SD40-2)
Views:  434   Comments: 2
LMX Trio at Mohler
Title:  LMX Trio at Mohler
Description:  A trio of LMX B38-8Es (8541, 8549, 8573) bring a stack train through Mohler WA in the spring of 1992. This is on the former GN's eastern Washington main; the train is headed for Spokane.
Photo Date:  4/14/1992  Upload Date: 11/5/2008 9:39:05 PM
Location:  Mohler, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LMX 8541(B39-8E)
Views:  496   Comments: 1
Eastbound local
Title:  Eastbound local
Description:  Tuo BN units out of Wentchee's Appleyard have brought a train over the Columbia River Bridge and are pressing east at Rock Island. Lead unit 2773 was built as a high-nose GP70 for the Southern. It was subsequently rebuilt into a low-nose GP39E.
Photo Date:  4/15/1992  Upload Date: 2/3/2008 8:09:15 PM
Location:  Rock Island, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 2773(GP39E)
Views:  587   Comments: 0
Trail of the Mountain Goat
Title:  Trail of the Mountain Goat
Description:  BN westbound train no.33 climbs GN's old line across Washington state behind a pair of GP50s. Merritt is actually a mile and a half behind it; Cascade Tunnel is about gour ahead.
Photo Date:  4/15/1992  Upload Date: 5/13/2008 11:19:07 PM
Location:  Merritt, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 3103(GP50)
Views:  623   Comments: 1
BN Green at Everett
Title:  BN Green at Everett
Description:  Five units bring a freight around the north end of Everett WA at Preston Point in May 1992. The train originated at Delta Yard and is headed for Bayside Yard enroute Seattle.
Photo Date:  5/16/1992  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 9:53:22 PM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2886(GP39M)
Views:  317   Comments: 3
DARE to Keep Kids Off Drugs
Title:  DARE to Keep Kids Off Drugs
Description:  BN GP38-2 2081 brings a cut of cars through Everett WA in May 1992. It carries a special sign extolling the DARE anti-drug program.
Photo Date:  5/16/1992  Upload Date: 11/5/2008 9:39:33 PM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2081(GP38-2)
Views:  982   Comments: 0


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