The Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7, aka The Skookum, is gently being pushed up a ramp an on to a trailer for its road trip to The Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol California.

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Just around the corner from where the Not-Quite-As-Mighty Willamette River joins the Mighty Columbia River in Portland OR, is the Columbia Grain Facility. In this scene the bulk ship Mamma Mia is... (more)

A view not often seen, from the ground or the air. The turntable and roundhouse at BNSF's Balmer Yard in Seattle, WA. Featuring an SW1000, placed like it was just waiting to have it's photo ta... (more)

Cascade 500 Derails Talgo power car on switch, leaving Tacoma. Present to be sure everything is going well, are reps from BNSF, Amtrak, Talgo, and I thing a UP dude (why aren't my trains moving).

Tacoma Rail's Hill job (101) begins it's journey to Frederickson. After shoving in to the UP's Fife yard, the train takes the short northern section of the Mountain Division over the Puyallup Riv... (more)

One of a seemingly endless supply of empty grain trains making it's way east on the BNSF Stampede sub. This train and I, left Auburn at the same time. Traffic was good for both of us and I arri... (more)

A Loram Rail Grinder puts on a light (and noise) show for the residents of Tacoma and Ruston, at the site of the form Asarco Smelter. Tunnel #1, just under 400' long, is the lesser known tunnel i... (more)

On the last leg of it’s journey to become capable of soaring through those clouds, this Boeing 737-900 becomes the last fuselage to travel over the Wilburton Trestle, on the last revenue train.... (more)

As a nice summer day comes to a close, a southbound BNSF intermodal meets a northbound UP intermodal on the Chamber's creek lift bridge. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Steilacoom, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 1021
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: June 24, 2008

Polson Logging Company's #2 at the Smith Lake "reflecting pond". A photo charter over the Oregon Scenic Railroad, formerly the Port of Tillamook Bay RR.

Railroad: Polson Logging Co
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockaway Beach, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: #2
Train ID: N/a
Photo Date: May 19, 2018

The GrandLuxe Great Northwestern National Parks train, looking rather small as it climbs up out of the Columbia river gorge and heads for the Trinidad loop, gaining over 600 feet of elevation. more)

For the past 20 minutes, we've been watching a tiny speck of light, some 7 miles away, gradually grow into a beacon illuminating the last of the exhaust still billowing out of the west portal of t... (more)

A Bald Eagle has left it’s nest in the care of it’s mate, while it makes a inspection of the beast that daily interrupts the solitude of Benewah Lake.

Railroad: St. Maries River Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: St Maries, Idaho, USA
Locomotive #: STMA 101
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: July 16, 2018

In less than 24 hours, if the schedule holds, the first train will cross the new Sound Transit Tacoma bridge. The old 4 steel beam bridge across G street has been dismantled, along with the Milw... (more)

Getting ready to earn it's keep. Newly painted at CEECO.