Chase the Train Chaser

We'll start the photo postings for Thursday night Friday morning with a train in view.

Train is a ZPTLCHC9(Portland-Cicero, IL) highballing after picking up cars at Yardley.

I went over to the next crossing down to see a westbound approaching & managed to get there in time for that.
Train is an HPASTAC-16(Priority Manifest Pasco-Tacoma)

There was a debate yesterday after catching one at Edmonds of one of 2 oil trains with Canadian National power I would go after, now this one here is an empty BNSF oil train U-AWATND(Arco Ferndale, WA-Trenton, ND) headed back east. Word was it had one of the 60 CN 100 units on the point & an Ex. Citirail trailing while the other one was one that originated on the CN near Vancouver, BC, but had just standard CN power.
This required a drive on US Highway 2 to get ahead of him, when I got to Skykomish, a miracle happened and train was stopped just short of the crossing, there was a maintenance window for work inside that 8 mile long Cascade Tunnel east of here, luckily it was only until 3:15pm & they wrapped up early. I ended up with my catch of the week here along with 2 more trains before darkness fell.

Last summer in the Tacoma area!

to a trip I did back in 2018 and how committed I was to be out in that snow and blizzard like conditions to do railroad photography.

2020 is off to a good start out on the high iron!

January 2020 in Railfanning!