Blazing a trail across the Alaskan wilderness.

A beautiful fall day on the Palouse. The 16 won't have to run solo much longer. It will need to switch the grain loading facilities in Oakesdale before picking up more power. From here, it'll grab... (more)

An empty Baby Bullet pulls into the station for its departure in 2 hours. Note the sheer size of this locomotive. That MP36 is just MASSIVE.

Another birthday surprise! A 2nd set of SD70ACe helpers transverses Mullan Pass in a 10-minute period. The old Continental Divide sign still stands strong on the spine of North America. Mullan ... (more)

Photographer Stephen De Vight waves to the engineer of an empty coal train. It stopped for a while in Scenic before continuing over the hill eastward.

The rear DPU of Washington & Idaho's "Big Train" whine in B5ish going down the very visible 1% grade into Spangle. This special BNSF/W&I train gives Palouse wheat farmers a cheap, efficient way to... (more)

Kids scream in excitement (which is very loud inside a tunnel) with the approaching MAX.

Perched high above Nason Creek, BNSF 808 sneaks up on us and pops out of tunnel 14.7. I think Mr. Burwash would approve.

The only place in the world where trains and buses share the same tunnel and stations. Under the streets of Seattle, Metro buses, Sound Transit Express buses, and Link trains pass each other under... (more)

SP 4449 puts on a HELL of show for the 100+ railfans along Sunset Ave in Edmonds. Nothing better than warm weather and double headed steam!

The Portland Streetcar meanders right though the middle of the Portland State University campus.

SoPac 4449 rests in the glow if the mid-day sun with SP&S 700 in the background at Doyles house of toys [a must visit if youre in Portland]

For those of you who what to know what The Cascade Tunnel looks like with the door closed, here you go! It looks like its doors either being replaced or repainted.

The sun rises on the the day Pacific Northwest stood still. Overnight, 6" of snow grind the region to a dead stop. Mountain passes closed, major freeways closed, cars crashed, buses jackknifed (so... (more)

This one goes in the "cool flat car load" category. A unit pipe train waits in the pouring rain