On the eve of nearly 24 hours of snow, a Tacoma Link street car leaves Tacoma Dome Station for Tacoma's Theater District. Not long after this shot the increasing snow shut the system down.

A Tacoma Rail job has a setout of mostly tractors for the Wallenius Wilhelmsen facility at EB1 on the Blair Waterway in Tacoma. Quite a selection of heavy machinery in the background.

On a victory day for the Seattle Seahawks, the Seahawks Cabbage car protects the end of Cascades 518, as it races along the Fall colored edge of Commencement Bay in Tacoma, while the last vestiges... (more)

A northbound BNSF Mixed Manifest rolls along a quiet Dock Street in Tacoma. The city at this early hour is not quite awake yet, but soon the morning rush will be in full swing.

Midday along the Bay: As Amtrak train 517 heads out of Tacoma, it passes along Commencement Bay. The waterfront is populated with an interesting combination of heavy industry and light comm... (more)

Through the Narrows: Amtrak Cascades heads south through the Tacoma Narrows as it approaches Titlow. The famed Tacoma Narrows Bridge can be seen in the background.

Switching Grain: An old EMD GP9 moves a cut of grain hoppers around as a ship is loaded with grain in the background at the Tacoma Export Marketing facility along the Tacoma waterfront.

Just 40 miles into its 1388-mile journey from Seattle to Los Angeles, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight coils into Tacoma, WA, on an early spring day. The Tacoma Dome was under construction in ... (more)

It's a busy couple minutes at Tacoma Union Station as the Seattle-Portland Mount Rainier, Amtrak train 796, departs southbound while the northbound Coast Starlight completes its station work. Trai... (more)

Early carbody U30B no. 5604 grinds part of a Portland bound freight to the top of Tacoma hill with a slug set. The power will set off the block of cars, then drop back down the hill for the remain... (more)

With the removal of some trees along the tracks in a northwestern neighborhood of Tacoma, a new location opens up. Here, we see a Charger locomotive leading train number 504 along Puget Sound as i... (more)

The last sounder of the day crosses the former Milwaukee Road trestle before arriving at Freighthouse Square Station.

Tacoma Rail's Hill job (101) begins it's journey to Frederickson. After shoving in to the UP's Fife yard, the train takes the short northern section of the Mountain Division over the Puyallup Riv... (more)

On a pre-spring teaser day in the Puget Sound, Mt Rainier stands watch over the Tacoma Rail Muni yard.

Chehalis Western FM H10-44 basks in the late-afternoon sun at the Milwaukee Road's Tacoma Shops. It appears the CWWR had the Milwaukee do heaving repairs which the CWWR wasn't equipped as a loggi... (more)