Meet Tacoma Rail's newest locomotive. TMBL 2316, one of the first GP23ECO's. Built by Progress Rail just across the road in Tacoma. This is a "trade-in" for TR's GP20 2006. Sharing... (more)

Full moon over the Transcon. An ES44C4 leads this west bound out of a colorfull sunset sky.

Ahh, just a photo of Sound Transit’s Tacoma Link, but really so much more. How many trains can you find? A Cascades under rock candy, a pumpkin behind a cable stay bridge. The Domes of old ... (more)

Steam or Electric? How 'bout both! Finally turned up a location to shoot the Seattle Monorail only to find they plastered a nice red 4-6-0 steamer on the side, which apparently is electric, bec... (more)

Northbound Cascades at sunset on the Puget Sound. Once again, scenes like this are not long for this world, even now pretty rare, with the retirement of the Series 6 Talgo train sets.

The Blue Bosporus Ship is docked at Temco Kalama, filling up on the contents of the grain train at the terminal. Like other grain terminals along the Columbia River, this one also has a dock for ... (more)

Ramming Speed!!! - That's what I heard over the radio, and the chase was on. Road and weather conditions allowed for this pace shot just before "Stop Stop Stop" was heard. Apparently the Snowplow ... (more)

One of two new (rebuilt) MP15AC's for Tacoma Rail, in a brand new paint scheme. Also one of the last two locomotives to be produced by Progress Rail Tacoma, as they are shutting down this facilit... (more)

Cab of Alco RSD-5 in Nickel Plate paint (former Utah Railway 306) at the Brooklyn Roundhouse.

Trains are big, somethings are bigger, much bigger. It's low tide on the Puget Sound, providing an opportunity to walk along the water and under the Tacoma Narrows Bridges, where the leader of a ... (more)

A nice new shiny GEVO pulls this UP K-Line train from the Tacoma Rail Muni yard, through the BNSF Tacoma yard, out on to Main 1 of the BNSF Seattle Sub. Concrete ties for the new main line align... (more)

Night falls on a clear Tacoma night, as a full moon has risen from behind Mt Rainier. Now the Tacoma Link street car becomes the ghost along with the NP Prairie line. Mt Rainier’s faint prese... (more)

A UP Baretable crosses Bridge 14 on the BNSF Seattle sub, in front of a beautiful sunset and the Olympic Mountains

A WB BNSF freight snakes out of the siding at Avery, just west of Wishram. The lights of the The Dalles, Oregon are off in the distance, home to the world famous GorgeRail slideshow that conclude... (more)

Evening Sounder heading for Tacoma. Adorned with the colors of it's surroundings, under majestic Mt Rainier.