Snoqualmie Tunnel in the Cascade Mountains of Washington was completed in 1914. It served the Milwaukee Road for 66 years hosting everything from the Olympian Hiawatha to the "Dead Freights" of th... (more)

Northern Pacific #7012A, now owned by the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad, joined Polson Logging Co. #70 in an excursion to Tacoma for the opening of the LeMay Auto Museum. Here the locomotive is seen... (more)

Columbia & Cowlitz's daily landfill train, led by SW-1500 #308, drifts downhill through Ostrander. Two months latter the Weyerhaeuser switchers, some of which had been on the property since the ea... (more)

The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad, one of only seven in North America capable of steaming up four locomotives at once, put on a great show coupling all four together for runbys. Here the locomotiv... (more)

Southern Pacific #4449 nears the summit of Stampede Pass on its way back to Tacoma.

UP #7291 leads a westbound freight past the Green River depot.

Four locomotive whistle blow. From left to right: Rayonier #2, Kinzua Pine Mill & Lumber #102, Polson #70, and Hillcrest #10 partake in a simultaneous whistle blow on the Mt. Rainier Sceni... (more)

In a scene inspired by famous Northwest logging photographer, Clark Kinsey, the days train crews pose with their locomotives at the Park Junction wye. Photo taken on a Martin Hansen Photo Charter.... (more)

All is quiet on the McCloud. With the railroad's only operational locomotive left derailed on the line for several weeks and much of the railroad's equipment scrapped, or marked to be scr... (more)

Polson #70 leads a special deadhead move over the Mashel River Bridge just south of Eatonville. The train is on its way to Tacoma where it will participate in Tacoma Rail's open house.

The morning gas local drops downgrade towards Missoula on a warm July day.

Weyerhaeuser #110 hauls its 7 car train up the 4-6% grade of Tin Mill Hill. #110 was built by Baldwin in 1928 for Weyerhaeuser's Vail operation where it operated until 1954. At this time it was so... (more)

NP #7012A leads the second excursion of the day down the Tacoma Hill. The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad brought #7012 and Polson #70 to Tacoma to celebrate the grand opening of the LeMay Auto Muse... (more)

Polson #70, one of the countless Baldwin logging mikados that used to roam the woods of the Northwest, is one of a handful still operating. After an extensive, multi-year overhaul #70 returned to ... (more)

Columbia & Cowlitz #308 leads an empty trash train downhill from Headquarters. In just two months the classic Weyerhaeuser switchers would be replaced by Geeps in the generic Patriot Rail scheme.