BN 610, 676 along with three EMD hoods including a leased Frisco GP35 near Tacoma in this photo from my collection. Photo has been in my collection for years, photographer name is badly faded but ... (more)

Go West, and so NS 8105 did, about as far west as you can get on the U.S. "interstate" rail system. The NS Heritage unit is being re-fueled after leading the STPTAC over Steven's Pass and on to ... (more)

MILW 156, the Milwaukee's Bicentennial SD40-2 reflects on its celebrity status and the future of the West Coast Extension at the Tacoma shops in August 1978. By the following year it would be repa... (more)

While Tacoma slept, the snow did fall, but not for long. What's left is proving to be nothing more than an inconvenience, despite numerous school closings. It certainly didn't slow the Starlight... (more)

The most beautiful locomotive in the world, Southern Pacific #4449 storms along Puget Sound and through Steilacoom, WA. The world-famous 4-8-4 was bound for its home in Portland, OR after spending... (more)

Tacoma Rail SD45 rebuild #3001 leads a rare passenger train through the neighborhoods south of downtown Tacoma. This train was a special for the 2011 NRHS convention and was bound for Eatonville t... (more)

A new slug has entered the world of railroading. Built on-site at TEMCO grain facility in Tacoma, from the old SW1200 219, which sat unused for years in this very spot. Originally this was the N... (more)

This shot was ready to be added to my "If only there was a train" collection. Just before the colors faded, this empty grainer showed up, to add the final element to this awesome scene of a Lenti... (more)

The low evening sun illuminates the cab on this hazy yellow Autumn evening as the Sounder heads south to Lakewood.

Starting to look like Fall around here. Southbound along the Tacoma waterfront. I didn't notice all the exhaust heat distortion until later.

Add this to your "must-see" list of Heritage units. Fresh from the Progress Rail paint shop and just in time for Tacoma Rail's annual Open house.

Night Photo session during NRHS convention

A border of flowers frames two southbound SD60M's heading through Old Town on a sunny summer afternoon.

A SD9043MAC waits for a northbound Talgo at Ruston. Built in 1998, this SD9043MAC was never equipped with the 6,300 horsepower EMD 265 engine, it was installed with a 4,300 horsepower EMD 710 engi... (more)

ODOT1 - Oh Dat 1 ugly piece of rolling stock. The newest Cascades Talgo set, sporting a cab car that could only have been designed by a committee, rolls through Tacoma for the first time, and it d... (more)