Stan holds on to the ladder of the '04 while he concentrates on the road ahead.

Where the derailment began.

Today was not a good day.

Already running about 20 hours late out of Seattle some 100 miles away, the Builder finally makes it down the eastern slope of Stevens Pass. A daylight Amtrak during the winter is a rare find over... (more)

After making the long, slow climb up from I-5 to over 90' above the ground to clear over HY99, Link vehicle #125 pounds the #6 scissor crossover as it slows to pull into Tukwila Station.

Today, the weather calls for sun, high temperatures, with a slight chance of really bright, orange locomotives.

Hands of the railroad.

On a quiet Seattle night, a man looks up from his newspaper to observe a new curiosity: one of Sound Transits's new light rail vehicles glides into the tunnel below the city.

A month before revenue service begins, Link testing is in full swing. During rush hour in the Transit Tunnel, a 2-car link train rapidly accelerates to a curious crowd awaiting their buses.

After spending goodness knows how long stuck in customs and BNSF's "competent" hands, W&I's newest leased power is finally in Marshall along with a matching ex-CN track geometry car. She doesn't h... (more)

Willow Creek Trestle is one of the tallest bridges I have ever seen. The impressive silver steel structure passes high over the desert valley floor. In the background, the little town of Madras ba... (more)

Behind a hot northbound BNSF manifest, Smith Rock jets out of the flat Oregon high desert. It is one of the most popular rock climbing parks in the country. The rock is also considered the birthpl... (more)

BNSF's Oregon Trunk is one of the few places left where manifest trains are commonplace. 5 locomotives, 4 on the front and one on the rear, pull a train up onto the high desert in eastern Oregon.

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