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.

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

A scene that wasn't supposed to be anymore! Cascades trains along the South Puget Sound and over the unique Bridge 14. Due to the tragic derailment of Cascades 501 in December, passenger train... (more)

An evening with a stunning sunset over Mt Rainier and the South Puget Sound, was lacking one element, trains. So I was forced to wait until after dark for the first train. I've also been wonderi... (more)

Unloaded from a ship in Vancouver WA, these Vestas wind turbines are destined for Canada. more)

While Tacoma slept, the snow did fall, but not for long. What's left is proving to be nothing more than an inconvenience, despite numerous school closings. It certainly didn't slow the Starlight... (more)

The Christine Anderson momentarily halts boarding as #509 streaks through the S curves, along the shores of Washington State's first incorporated city, Steilacoom. The original NP Point Defiance... (more)

Amtrak 470 is anything but common while wrapped (like a mummy?) to promote the King Tutankhamen exhibit at Seattle's Pacific Science Center.

On a crystal clear spring day (finally), #11 rolls over the Chamber's Creek Lift bridge a few minutes behind schedule. The snow covered Olympic mountains provide a dramatic backdrop to the otherw... (more)

Chamber's creek is not much of a water way. Navigable for less then half a mile, yet it still warrants a bridge that opens to allow pleasure craft to move to and fro. The setting lends itself to... (more)

For some reason the crew of the LPCTAC needed to turn their power. While BNSF has a turntable, I'm not sure if it's still in service and the roundhouse crew is gone by this time, so their next o... (more)

Very difficult to ignore this location! It's early evening and BNSF's empty garbage train is heading back to Everett, over the unique Chamber's Creek bridge. Here's some of my other shots of th... (more)

A rare photo indeed. #14 is nearly on time as it makes its way along the south Puget Sound, over Bridge 14 and on into Tacoma.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Steilacoom, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 60
Train ID: 14
Photo Date: July 08, 2018

Just a few hours ago this train was "built" by Tacoma Rail and handed off to UP at it's Fife yard. Shortly thereafter the UP crew was knocking at the door of the Reservation Tower. Well, actuall... (more)

A Blue Heron watches a moonlit meet on bridge 14, with Olympic mountains in the background. A squawk of a FRED brought me to halt at this site, in time to barely catch the first of 5 trains in ab... (more)