At the end of a foreshortened day the PCC job with only nine cars from Winona rolls through Hooper, where the striped field in the foreground has been cultivated to to match the arc of both the PC... (more)

Rain continues to fall upon festively-decorated downtown Portland on the evening of New Year's Day as patrons prepare to board a Hillsboro-bound train at Mall/SW 5th Avenue Station. Following its... (more)

Seeming to glow in perfect late-evening light, this trio of massive SD9043MACs effortlessly roll a long train of Canadian grain through the Wallula Gap. The gap is a geologic feature that began f... (more)

This photo encapsulates how temporary loading tracks are laid in the bog: First, the mound of dried peat at left is notched by a bulldozer to create a (somewhat) level path that acts as roadbed. ... (more)

On a stormy spring afternoon, a pair of oversized MACs easily hustle a short manifest southward through the post-volcanic, post-floods scablands of eastern Washington as they bang across the south... (more)

Sometimes, you just gotta shoot a boring ol' grade crossing wedgie. With the sun breaking through thinning clouds, snow falls as the morning South Seattle Z whisks past westbound S-STPTAC3-16A at... (more)

Early on a sunny summer morning, eastbound S-SEACHC1-07A is nearing the end of its climb from the bank of the Columbia River to the top of the plateau at Quincy. The signals the head end has just... (more)

The sun's first rays set aflame some low-hanging clouds as Amtrak's Empire Builder races westward towards an on-time arrival in Everett. The train would soon meet Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Baring, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 156
Train ID: No. 7
Photo Date: October 19, 2008

Caressed by the golden light of sunrise, a westbound UP manifest rolls along the Columbia River near Rowena, OR.

Anatomy of a Meet, Part 2: Westbound M-SPOPAS1-23A is now just shy of the Providence Hill summit while eastbound S-SEPLPC1-23K cruises downgrade toward a clear signal at Sand. The benefit ... (more)

It's just another winter night on the former Great Northern mainline as a meet is made at Scenic. The crew of westbound Z-CHCSSE1-12A is happy to have successfully completed another trip through ... (more)

After chasing MRL's Gas Local to Missoula, I went to get lunch only to hear the dispatcher give nearly-simultaneous ... (more)

A lone CSXT maintenance-of-way worker rides the last car of a welded rail train, keeping an eye on the quarter-mile strings of steel ahead of him. Although harkening back to the days when caboose... (more)

On a spectacular Northwest winter day, a quartet of SD70Ms roll a southbound stack train along Puget Sound as dozens of sail boats participating in the annual Toliva Shoal Race tack across the dee... (more)

A giant structure
Now forsaken by rail
Yet proudly stands tall