Battle Ground, Yacolt and Chelatchie Railroad's Saddle Tank #10 barreling down the track in the home stretch at a blistering 10mph (maybe less). So just how many crew members can you get in a c... (more)

All is quiet at Sound Transits new Link Light rail yard. These Japanese built / US assembled cars have months to get used to their new digs, as service is not expected to start until late 2009. ... (more)

NB UP freight passing under the first two decks of the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge

This may be the last or second to last, of the 5 SD70ACe's for QNS&L. Tacoma Rail facilitated it's escape from Progress Rail, and then dropped it of at BNSF's door step on a transfer job. Shou... (more)

Steve Lee Special East out of Portland

Scenic - Where the Snow was! EB intermodal led by a MAC, a rare sight these days, waiting it's turn through the Cascade tunnel, located a couple hundred feet below mine. Railroad: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Locomotive: EMD SD70MAC
Location: Skykomish, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 9849
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: January 04, 2014

A brisk drive over a mostly gravel portion of old Route 66 is needed to reach this rather isolated location on the BNSF Transcon, but certainly well worth it. Here we have one of countless stack t... (more)

While the new locomotive bugs are being shaken out of TR 1525, the 1526 teemed up with it's older stablemate 1522 to drag a long cut of cars to the BNSF Tacoma yard. On the way back home, the tw... (more)

Tacoma Rail's Hill Job is headed back home, crossing the Sounder Trestle (former location of Milwaukee S Curve trestle). This time in the company of two Sounder trains (one dead in tow).

A Bald Eagle stands guard at it’s nest, as the twice a day intruder rumbles by and across Benewah Lake near St Maries Idaho.

Tucked away in a corner of the Idaho Panhandle is the St Maries ... (more)

What are these guys looking at? You're going to have to click and see. Follow their gaze! Tourist lines lack the resources of their larger freight hauling brethren. At the Chehalis-Centralia Railr... (more)

Half of the Blue Angels fly over a quartet of BNSF power awaiting there next assignment. The Blue Angels were performing for the annual Seafair.

Wrecked Unit involved in the collision at Iris - UP Sunset Route 12/04

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)

Bridges, Bridges, Bridges! As a colorful sunset lights up the Portland sky, one of numerous MAX trains cross the upper deck of the Steel Bridge. In the background are the Broadway bridge and th... (more)