Such a beautiful thing, yet despised by many. An Anacortes bound oil train makes it's way through the many curves along the south Puget Sound at sunset.

In fading light, Cascades 516 entertains it's passenngers with a splendid view of the Puget Sound and a pretty nice sunset. 516 will be crossing over to main 1 shortly, in order to pass an oil tr... (more)

The BNSF Tideflats job poses briefly for a ghostly portrait while it services a nearby oil refinery. The background is punctuated by the recently refurbished 102 year old Murray Morgan bridge, w... (more)

TR 7001 and 7002 tiptoe down a +-3% grade in some of the steepest parts of the "Gulch", to pickup the rest of their train. Former EMD Demonstrators 1211 and 1212, they are now wearing t... (more)

Former EMD Demonstrators 1211 and 1212 are now wearing the colors of Tacoma Rail for the duration of their 5 year lease. These may be the last most modern units to cross this trestle as it is sch... (more)

A day of work on an island (Anderson), in the Puget Sound and a few minutes of fun, netted this shot of a Cascades train just south of Solo Point, with a reclusive Mt. Rainier in the background.

After a day of chasing a few trains on the Stampede and Yakima Valley sub, in mostly cloudy weather, the skies have finally cleared. The second to last train of the day rolls along the Yakima riv... (more)

AMTK 509, pushes Cascades 501 along the Sound, and over historic Bridge 14 at Chambers Creek. There's still a little snow on Cascades and a couple pairs of Osprey are busy tending their nest atop... (more)

Cascades 516, running about a half hour late, rolls along the south Puget Sound and Steilacoom, with a nice sunset and a crescent moonset in the background.

What a start to a predicted week of sunny dry weather in western Washington! With Mt. Rainier in full splendor, the first Northbound afternoon Sounder heads back to Seattle for another load of c... (more)

One of ODOT's new "Mater" cab car sports a custom "paint job". Somebody needs to wash these things more frequently. They're already beauty challenged, a coat of grime doesn't help, or maybe it d... (more)

BNSF 933 is rolling along the Columbia with a nicy shiny new coat of paint, a rare thing indeed for a Warbonnet.

The Starlight has just about made up all of it's lost time, now running only 5 minutes late and just in time for a great sunset along the Puget Sound.

Blue hour on Altamont Pass. On the way to Winterail!!

BNSF 7064 has been cooling it's heels in Skykomish while a workcrew keeps the Cascade Tunnel in tip top shape. Now after a 4 hour work window has passed and a nearly hour long trip from Skykomish... (more)