I've been chided that I shoot this bridge too much, but there always seems to be a way to work it in to a scene. So here it is one more time with the Coast Starlight painting some color along the... (more)

Wildfire smoke has returned to the Puget Sound, at the cost of other's misery, we get an interesting sunset. Just in time is this UP oil train from Canada, complete with Heritage unit CP 7012. T... (more)

The Legends of Steam head south across the lift bridge 14, enroute to Portland. The shortened trains features SP 4449 and UP 844.

A northbound BNSF vehicle train cruises along the south Puget Sound on it's way to New Westminster BC from Richmond CA. The train is only seconds away from meeting a southbound empty UP oil trai... (more)

Tacoma Rail Freight heading home off the Mountain Division, crossing the old Milwuakee Road Trestle, also used by Sounder Trains

Sounder Train 1517 is crossing the new Sound Transit Tacoma bridge as heads for the Tacoma Dome Station. The remains of the historic Milwaukee Road S-Curve trestle are off to the right. Another ... (more)

Cascade 500 Derails Talgo power car on switch, leaving Tacoma. Power car's leading axle ended up on a switch motor.

On a pre-spring teaser day in the Puget Sound, Mt Rainier stands watch over the Tacoma Rail Muni yard.

It's a tad eerie waiting in the underground Beacon Hill station, when no one is around and there's these weird looking sea creatures hanging from ceiling. It's also pretty quiet until a low whoos... (more)

Thanks again to the ATCS monitor system, a group of us were prepared for a westbound out of the Cascade tunnel. It was dark, I mean really dark. Huddled on the side of a snow hill, I had plenty... (more)

Construction of the second railroad bridge across Lake Pend Orielle is in full swing as this loaded grainer makes its way across the first bridge and on to the west coast.

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Sandpoint, Idaho, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 5469
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 07, 2021

Cascades 505 heads to Portland on the tail end of a snow storm that brought a fair amount of sea level snow to the Puget Sound. The storm also brought some wind, kicking up the waves along the so... (more)

WDTX 1403 one of WSDOT's new Charger locomotives, leads Cascades 507 south along the Puget Sound in Steilacoom. This is will soon be sight not possible for photographers, train watchers or pas... (more)

A late Starlight has just left the Tacoma Dome Station and is now crossing the new double track trestle just north of the station.