Looking east at the Slot. Greg W. takes a break on the 2nd unit of a hot Z train. Hes been on the job for over 24 hours while Stevens Pass was heavily snowed on.

Build in 1889, Bridge 85.54, one of the many bridges between Pullman and Colfax, has seen more history than our parents. It's 111 year railroading history is coming to an end as the last train pre... (more)

Perhaps one of the most beautiful consists I have seen in a long time. After BNSF received its shipment of GE's, the predominant SD40-2 all but disappeared from the northwest rails. After two YEAR... (more)

It's amazing what a few years and some serious investment makes! 5 years ago, this area of Seattle was full of warehouses and abandoned buildings. Now, it's vibrant and slowly filling up with life... (more)

BNSF 7773 heads through The Slot and up Stevens Pass. Visible in the next, not RP-worthy shot, the engineer is out the window w/ his camera phone taking a picture of us railfans spread out on the... (more)

After a good, hearty freight chase south down the Hill, driving back north to the summit, something strange happened. Far off in the distance, a little sliver train pokes over the hill. No way, th... (more)

WHAOO! The swooshes are in Seattle! I looked all over Seattle for 3 hours to find them after seeing them go through Edmonds, and here, just past midnight in South Seattle, success! These 3 beauti... (more)

The most powerful moon of all: the Harvest Moon. Representing a successful and plentiful harvest in Norse mythology, it rises brightly over the harvested wheat fields of the Palouse region of Wash... (more)

Colorless color The last big snow up on the hill yielded many feet of the white stuff. Two light sets of locomotives meet at Winton. I hope everyone is ready for the big snows this winter!

The Streetcar motors across the curved intersection at Valley and Fairview.

A young boy and his family notice the new LRV's. On a fall day in Beaverton, the face of new meets the face of old. Spanning nearly 24 years, the MAX light rail system has grown from a small, 15 m... (more)

A visit to the cab of a parked train yields an Evergreen stack train as it emerges from the Cascade Tunnel [just out of view] as this empty grain waits for the green. [To protect the crew, I have... (more)

Lit up cigar band on the lead and smoke all around for this quatro of units going over Stevens Pass as dusk quicky approaches

What was suppose to be a work photo ended up being a nice shot looking down some old Colorado iron. Frank stands along a sag in the bridge. The photograph is intended to show the severity of the d... (more)

New Link Light Rail trains emerge from darkness into the light on a regular basis now. Within a couple of months of the new lines opening, the new smooth, silent trains are still a wonder to those... (more)