An empty grainer rolls north through Steilacoom just after sunset, on it's way to a crew change in Auburn. Once re-crewed, it will begin it's snowy journey over Stampede Pass on it's way east.

A Northbound Oil train scares the living daylights out off all who fear it, as it rolls through Steilacoom just after sunset.

"Uh, Dispatch, we can't make our move south due to a train blocking our route." " No worries, he will be clearing up shortly" " I don't think so..." Classic s... (more)

An empty grainer rolls through the second half of a large S curve on the Stampede Sub on beautiful fall evening. From Day In North America 2014 .

A strange thing to see on a Sunday, especially with two locomotives. As it turns out this is a PTC test train, included sand bag weighted cars (7). Here it is cresting the top of 2.85% grade, th... (more)

A northbound UP stack train rolls past Cougar as the last light of the day approaches. Nothing like a nice volcano to highlight a scene. Mt Shasta does a great job.

A southbound UP manifest crosses the Dry Creek Viaduct on it's way to a crew change in Dunsmuir.

After the last trip to Mill 5 at Dayton, Simpson 1201 gets a "not quite" final spin on the turntable, courtesy of the hardworking crew. In the foreground, like a stake through the heart... (more)

My friend, and fellow RP contributor (and Simpson Railroad Book author) Joel Hawthorn rides the Last Train from Dayton on a beautiful late spring day. Behind the 1201 is a string of center beam ... (more)

There is a narrow window of oportunity for a shot like this. This scene embraces both history and the future (possibly). The future is Tacoma Rail's hill job, powered by former EMD SD70ACe-P4s 1... (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)

It's been a busy afternoon on the BNSF Seattle sub, along the south Puget Sound. I've settled on this spot until sunset and when the first train rolled by (north bound of course), I thought, woul... (more)

Sunrise in one of the mildest Februaries on record in western Washington. This one features a southbound freight with Mt Rainier and a little frost on the ties.

Mt. Rainier has been sporting a Lenticular clould cap much of the afternoon, but as soon as I head out to catch it near sunset, it starts playing peek-a-boo. So what are the odds it will even be ... (more)

Cloud cover returned to the Puget Sound for pretty much the entire day, except when Cascades 516 rolls by the Ferry dock in Steilacoom.