TR 1525 has joined it's stable mate in crossing the street from the now defunct Progress Rail Tacoma. The last product to leave that Progress Rail Facility (formerly CEECO), it will soon be put t... (more)

Photog unknown....from my collection....The one and only time I ever saw the Electrics on LINES WEST in operation was back in 1959....after riding the Olympian from Milwaukee to Renton,WA. I'm sta... (more)

Photog unknown....from my collection.

Tacoma Rail's newest locomotive in the latest paint scheme has been delivered by Progress Rail. The unit was given a little bit of a workout, dragging the TR 2200 around the yard a bit, and was ... (more)

The caboose of a southbound Chehalis and Western train crosses an old Milwaukee Road railroad bridge in Tacoma, Washington.

Tacoma Rail's Hill Job (103) is on it's way home from Fredrickson and a portion of the former Milwaukee Road mainline. To do so, they must cross the BNSF and UP tracks and the Puyallup river over... (more)

Tacoma Rail's Hill Job is headed back home, crossing the Sounder Trestle (former location of Milwaukee S Curve trestle). This time in the company of two Sounder trains (one dead in tow).

So much good stuff in this shot, where to begin? I’ll start with the commuter train. Well two actually. SDRX 923 is on the point of Sounder 1517 (maybe 1515), while midway back is train 1511, w... (more)

Tacoma Rail's Hill job is on it's way to Fredrickson. This trip the crew has 14,600 horsepower to lug the 15 cars up the 3.65% grade that awaits them once they leave Sound Transits Lakewood Sub.... (more)

One of two new (rebuilt) MP15AC's for Tacoma Rail, in a brand new paint scheme. Also one of the last two locomotives to be produced by Progress Rail Tacoma, as they are shutting down this facilit... (more)

The second in a series of 6 (so I've been told) mother/slug rebuilds in a Heritage paint scheme for CN.

TEMCO employees are operating two locomotives (EFX 1611 with slug 219s and SW9 185) to unload a grain train. Just arriving is another grain train that will terminate at the facility, while a SB ... (more)

Coming to a CN Yard near you! I believe this is an new mother/slug set that in an old CN paint scheme. Not sure what the model designations are. The 7600 is lettered as GY-430A and the 600 as ... (more)

The sodium vapor lights of the Muni Yard mix with smoke from California, Oregon and Washington wildfires to lend an eerie feel to this scene. A Tacoma Rail job is shoving a cut of military cars pa... (more)

On an evening of smoke filled skies a Tacoma Rail job is delivering a cut of military cars to the North Intermodal Yard for loading on yet to arrive RO-RO ship. An interesting load of the new rob... (more)