A loaded coal train from Buckskin Mine destined for Portland General Electric's Boardman Coal Plant in Oregon rumbles across the 3,920' Joso Bridge, spanning the Snake River at Lyons Ferry Park. ... (more)

Where once there were two, now there are none: Last light on an autumn evening washes across the abandoned SP&S bridge in Washtucna, Washington and the small patch of crops planted below i... (more)

Tri-Met's WES commuter rail service operates through a number of communities in the I-5 corridor south of Portland. I happened to be in the area last August while testing of the signal system was... (more)

Welcome to the Northwest. On the very day I arrived in Washington after leaving Indiana, I was greeted with murky skies and hours upon hours of driving in the rain. Taking a break from st... (more)

Imagine being so far out in the middle of nowhere that it's nearly an hour's drive to the nearest gas station. Imagine sitting in this absolutely middle-of-nowhere spot, waiting for the Deseret P... (more)

The Fires of Hell: The Z-CHCSSE9, one of the hottest trains on BNSF's Northern Transcon, seems to have set the inside of Cascade Tunnel aglow from its passage. In truth, the train's headli... (more)

Mornings in the Palouse are well-known for the interplay of light and shadow amongst the hills that so readily identify the region. Incomprehensibly vast acreages of cultivated fields supply the ... (more)

The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, the only place in the world where buses and trains share an underground transit corridor, is a busy place during rush hour, with commuters crowding the platfor... (more)

Dashing through the snow: Winter has finally arrived in the Pacific Northwest, and with it comes more trouble for Amtrak's Empire Builder. Running some six hours late on a snowy Satu... (more)

Thomas has arrived! Thomas the Tank Engine is gingerly pulled off its transport trailer at the North Bend depot as Northwest Railway Museum train crew members keep a close eye on the move. ... (more)

At the end of a foreshortened day the PCC job with only nine cars from Winona rolls through Hooper, where the striped field in the foreground has been cultivated to to match the arc of both the PC... (more)

A gorgeous spring morning found an empty grain train working eastbound through Kicking Horse Canyon, moving against the flow of the like-named river's remarkably clear waters. The incredible New ... (more)

Thunderstorms rumble off the Cascade Range as NP Rotary Snowplow No. 10 stands sentinel alongside the Northwest Railway Museum mainline outside of downtown Snoqualmie. This proud warrior was buil... (more)

Another in a parade of westbound CP stack trains leaves behind the depths of White Canyon as it follows the twisting Thompson River for the last few miles to its confluence with the mighty Fraser.

Only seven o'clock on a July morning and it's already sweltering hot in the hills above the Columbia River near Trinidad, Washington. The conditions haven't affected this train's three GEs, which... (more)