Unloaded from a ship in Vancouver WA, these Vestas wind turbines are destined for Canada. more)

BNSF 4689 leads this posse of 12 units into the sunset, rounding one of the many curves along the Tacoma Narrows of the Puget Sound, at the south end of Steilacoom.

Full Moon over Steilacoom! A flash freezes the image of the locomotive in the exposure on a nice clear starry night.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight is travelling along Puget Sound on its journey south from Seattle. In the foreground is the Chambers Bay golf course, a links style course designed by Robert Trent Jones I... (more)

So close... literally one minute after the southbound Coast Starlight passed (photo: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=285498 ) the northbound Amtrak Cascades crosses bridge 14 with #46... (more)

Amtrak train #11, the Coast Starlight, has only been underway a little more than an hour on its day and a half long journey from Seattle to Los Angeles. This is one of the more scenic portions of ... (more)

On a stunningly beautiful day, Cascades 509 rolls by the abandoned marina at Saltar Point just south of Steilacoom. Calm water's reflect a brilliant blue sky.

A sense of scale! Nearly 46 miles distant from the Starlight's path, Mt. Rainier dominates the scene. The train is merely a Z scale model in comparison. Anderson Island provided this uncommon ... (more)

On a crystal clear spring day (finally), #11 rolls over the Chamber's Creek Lift bridge a few minutes behind schedule. The snow covered Olympic mountains provide a dramatic backdrop to the otherw... (more)

A quickly fading sunset along the Puget Sound, provides a dramatic setting for a UP freight trying to make it to Fife, WA before the crews hours are up. Hidden in the darkness is BNSF's bridge 15... (more)

The Christine Anderson momentarily halts boarding as #509 streaks through the S curves, along the shores of Washington State's first incorporated city, Steilacoom. The original NP Point Defiance... (more)

Golden Garbage! Most of the time this would be a shot requiring a boat, or I'd be standing in water up to my neck. Low tide provided access at just the right time to catch this glint shot of UP'... (more)

Amtrak 500 heads north along the waters of Puget Sound. In the foreground is the Chambers Bay golf course, a links style course designed by Robert Trent Jones II

A southbound Cascades Service train set pounds the Steilacoom drawbridge. Of particular interest are the heavily corroded rails buried in the channel. You can see a fishplate and several bolt hole... (more)

A sight not often seen - heavy sea (sound) level snow. A UP northbound manifest rolls through snow and past some Christmas lights in Steilacoom.