Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad doubleheader with Mount Rainier #5 and 17 on May 21, 2001 at Frederickson, WA on the former Milwaukee Road Tacoma Gulch line. Mount Rainier #5 was built for Flora Log... (more)

The class lights are illuminated white on #70, indicating an extra train.

A view into the cab of #70 as our excursion pulls into New Reliance

Mt Rainier Scenic's Polson Logging #70 runs around its excursion at New Reliance

Mt Rainier Scenic's morning excursion to Mineral gets ready to pull into the station in Elbe

Mt Rainier Scenic's morning excursion to New Reliance returns back to Elbe behind #70

After playing a gig with my band Supernatural Beavers at the Museum, i checked out the yard including this original NP F7A. Extremely cool collection and live music on Saturdays following the trai... (more)

Rayonier #2 switching at the Mt. Rainier Scenic yard in Mineral Lake, WA.

The barely audible gurgle of flowing water in Roundtop Creek is momentarily interrupted by the sound and fury of Hammond Lumber 17, re-enacting a scene typical of the Pacific coast forests 50 or m... (more)

Mount Rainer Railroad's (formerly Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad) chunky ex-Hammond Lumber Company Alco 2-8-2T hauls the last train of the day out of Elbe bound for the shops at Mineral.

Hammond Lumber Company 2-8-2T #17 pulls the afternoon passenger train into the Museum and Shops at Mineral, WA.

The morning sun streams in through the skylights at the Mineral shop at the crew discusses the day's work. The 2015 regular season operations will begin soon, and the shop crew is working hard to ... (more)

Rods and Gears. In a display of mountain muscle, Hammond Lumber #17 and Rayonier Lumber #2 double-head a short freight into the yards at the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad Shops.

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The "ghost train" leaves Mineral. After switching onto the main line at Mineral, Hammond Lumber #17 begins plodding slowly south into the murk, with a short freight bound for Mort... (more)

Morning freight to Mineral. The early morning fog is starting to thin at Roundtop Creek and some sun is just starting to filter through. The stillness of this calm, cool morning is sudden... (more)