A Muni LRV rests for the night on track 7 inside the Metro East shops. Apparently taking photos through a fence from a public sidewalk is discouraged in this neighborhood; my friend and I were ha... (more)

When BNSF Chairman, President and CEO Matt Rose decides it's time to tour his railroad, he does so in style. On a spectacular spring evening in the Columbia Basin, Executive Inspection Trip O-NWES... (more)

Near the end of a spectacular spring day, a northbound BNSF freight rolls along the shore of Drayton Harbor in Blaine as it approaches the USA/Canada border. Looming to the southeast are the rugg... (more)

Below sea level: A northbound light rail train briefly ducks below sea level as it reaches the nadir of the bore between International District and Pioneer Square Stations in the Downtown S... (more)

Gateway to SODO: A northbound Link train glides into the station in Seattle's industrial SODO district on an overcast summer evening. The arch spanning the station entrance is a sculpture ... (more)

In that brief period of time at the beginning of the day when the sky glows blue but only artificial sources cast light on terrestrial objects, one of first Link trains of the day accelerates out ... (more)

MTA's subway set decorated for the New York Rangers' playoff run lays over at Grand Central Terminal while in service on the S 42 Street Shuttle. So much for belief.

Is there anything more picturesque than an aptly-named Surfliner cruising along the Pacific coast at the edge of the continent?

In the last minutes of light on National Train Day, a southbound BNSF freight rolls past the healthy crops -- and not-so-healthy barn -- of a Skagit Valley farm. Looming in the distance is the 10... (more)

BNSF's daily early-morning South Seattle-to-Chicago Z train is silhouetted by the rising sun as it rolls through the fog along the Snohomish River.

Last week my fiancée and I hired fellow RP contributor Ross Fotheringham to take some family engagement photos in a fiel... (more)

When a bird chirping loudly outside your bedroom window wakes you up at five in the morning and you crack your eyes open to see clear skies, it kind of makes sense to throw on some dirty clothes a... (more)

A typical winter day in Montana: Big skies, frigidly cold, impressive mountains looming on the horizon, and a wind-scoured landscape with drifts of snow piled in the lee of every contour. Throug... (more)

On a late-winter evening with the wind chill cutting into the teens, a herd of horses are oblivious to the roar of an eastbound empty grain train climbing out of the Two Medicine River valley as t... (more)

Red at night, railfans' delight. An incredible sunset provided a spectacular end to an incredible day spent by a group of Northwesterners on BNSF's Needles Sub on February 25th. This was ... (more)