UP's Portland to Fife Manifest crosses bridge 15.9 just south of the Steilacoom Ferry dock on a quiet sunny morning. Click Here ... (more)

In the spirit of this political season, I bring you Change. Change you can count on, or could, until this train ran over it. Nailed and spit out by Axle #1, it's a heartbeat away from being batt... (more)

This little switcher is still serving it's country. Started out in 1942 and still going, while the USS Independence (CVA-62) has come and gone (1958-1998).

America's Most Dangerous Volcano looms over a southbound BNSF intermodal as it leaves Tacoma for points south and out of the reach of Mt Rainier. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4854
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: July 16, 2008

As a nice summer day comes to a close, a southbound BNSF intermodal meets a northbound UP intermodal on the Chamber's creek lift bridge. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Steilacoom, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 1021
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: June 24, 2008

No train in this shot. A good thing in this case, as the bridge was just raised and has been captured in the process of lowering. The reason of course are the streaks of light. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: n/a
Location: Steilacoom, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: n/a
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: July 17, 2008

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 presenc... (more)

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 an... (more)

The GrandLuxe Great Northwestern National Parks train, looking rather small as it climbs up out of the Columbia river gorge and heads for the Trinidad loop, gaining over 600 feet of elevation. more)

A safer and more traditional view of Sunset Falls, featuring the GrandLuxe Great Northwestern National Parks train. Click Here t... (more)

Here's an idea, pick a spot 5' from a roaring water fall and wait for a train, try to stay dry and don't fall in. Ahh, what we do to get the shot. Patience pays off and in this case there was n... (more)

Hot Rail!! Icy mountain stream! One of my favorites from . Ross Fotheringham's Annual Hot Rail event. While freq... (more)

I'm all set up for a shot I've been trying to get for several months. I can see the train, every things good. All of sudden a car screech's to a halt and out jumps this guy and he starts runnin... (more)

Mt. Rainier is sporting a Lenticular cloud, as Cascades 507 heads for the Nelson Bennett tunnel and a meet with a late Cascades 506. Had 507 been a tad slower, I could have captured the meet at t... (more)

UP's daily garbage train rolls past the BNSF Moon yard and the Temco yard tracks, along with one of Temco's durable GP9s. In the background the HMS Bounty is open for tour as part of the Tacoma T... (more)