The north-bound SLUT makes a quick turn off Westlake Ave. onto Thomas St

Stan moves the rails from the Potlatch, ID line to Pullman/Moscow. Jeramey fires up the 316 in a belch of oily smoke.

Humming along Commercial Street, a duo of SD100's haul a trainload of passengers into the San Diego city core. New development in the background give us a glimpse of a new dense, Southern Californ... (more)

Two Amtrak Cascade trains wait for their departures early in the morning. The train in the foreground is AMTK 510 with service to Vancouver BC and in the background is AMTK 501 with service to Por... (more)

At the south end of the classic F line along the Embarcadero, one of the many SF MUNI PCC cars takes a break.

Late Tuesday night, a Link Light Rail train layovers at Tukwila Station under an eerily-thick-for-Seattle fog. For the next 24 days, Tukwila will mark the south end of Sound Transits new light rai... (more)

The "diseased" [as me and my friend dubbed it] Dash-9 emerges from the Cascade Tunnel on its way to Wenatchee

Formerly Western Rail 316, Washington & Idaho 316 takes the weekend off and poses for some night rail photography. A special thanks goes out to Stan for setting this up for us!

Weed Running! Looking more like pavement made of weeds, the Bridge Test Train pulls the last load of intermondal cars out from the Colfax branch.

Rolling though Interbay Yard, even the mighty Amtrak Cascades has to slow down for our work zone. Through Sound Transit and BNSF funding, a new 2nd main track and speed improvements are being cons... (more)

A Dash-9 hits our bank of snow we put there for the purpose of this photo :-) It has just emerged from the Cascade Tunnel on its jurney eastward.

With Shasta looking so good, not even our engineer can't resist a quick stop.

Quietly humming down in the rail yards, a northbound trainset keeps warm in the snowy Seattle afternoon. The train is parked on what used to be the old BNSF mains, which are now used for MOW and S... (more)

The most terrifying photo I have ever taken! From the top of Mormon Rocks, a UP freighter takes up the BNSF main as it roars up the hill. For some reason, being perched on the edge of a 100... (more)

Two "Baby Bullets" wait for their passengers. The train on the right will depart an hour before the train on the left. This photo was published in a book "Railroads of California" by Prime Publ... (more)