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The east coast has been hit with snow, a lot of snow!  Up to 40′ in some places.  But here in Western Washington it has been wet, but no snow at all this winter in the Seattle area.  Of course with all these gray wet days it has been a rare occasion when I have brought out the camera to photograph a train.  Finally I gave in on Thursday 2-11-10 and in between rain showers took some photos between Argo and South Seattle.  I figured if I was planning on waiting for a sunny day I might be waiting a long time!

I saw a southbound BNSF Autorack train at Argo setting out cars so I waited up on the Albro Place overpass for it to head south.  I noticed a headlight to the south and first photographed a northbound BNSF garbage train, possibly the U-ROOEVE with units 715/4400/4981.

Always pleased to see a Warbonnet leading any train.  About 10 minutes later the Autorack train was headed my way.  I noticed a lighter colored unit second out and thought it was a “peach” but it turned out to be a Union Pacific GE.

Power was the 5372/UP 9814/2103. 

UP 9814 is the ex-CNW 8710, a C44-9W.  BNSF GP38-2 2103 is a former BN unit.  Note it still has class lights!

Continuing south to South Seattle I found a “peach” after all.  BNSF 4572 was at the north end of a quartet of H2 C44-9W’s, power for the evenings Z-train.  You can see the difference in shades of orange between the 4572 and 5488.

A headlight appeared from the north and I photographed the BNSF’s Renton Turn with the 2084/2106, both former BN GP38-2′s.  Of course the four Boeing 737′s trailing the power made it the days prized catch.

Here is a closer view of the power passing BNSF 4572 at South Seattle.  Note the spray from I-5 up above.  Really was a wet day.

And a shot of some of the Boeing 737 fuselages headed for the Boeing plant in Renton.  Once assembled they will fly out of Renton for Boeing field in Seattle.

And then one last shot of the “peach” I originally stopped to photograph.  That orange sure has faded!

The weather may have been lousy but at least I managed to photograph a few trains of interest.