Southbound Amtrak Cascades No. 513 kicks up a cloud of dust as it blasts across newly-constructed track at Logen crossover north of Stanwood. The toppled Honey Bucket -- unoccupied, thankf... (more)

Sometimes, you just gotta shoot a boring ol' grade crossing wedgie. With the sun breaking through thinning clouds, snow falls as the morning South Seattle Z whisks past westbound S-STPTAC3-16A at... (more)

Late on a hot summer morning, a long stack train out of the Port of Seattle grinds up the 1% grade through Trinidad. Towering in the distance are the cliffs of Cape Horn (yes, there are twomore)

Under a full moon, a southbound local bound for Delta Yard in Everett cruises along the shore of Samish Bay behind a quartet of Geeps which easily handle 33 cars from the industries along the Cher... (more)

Riders on Amtrak's California Zephyr get treated to some of the most amazing scenery in the West on a daily basis. Late on Halloween morning, No. 5 demonstrates proof of that statement as ... (more)

Returning from Plummer to St. Maries with empties, engineer Keith enjoys the beautiful weather as STMA 103 soars high over Chatcolet Lake. In the distance is the old bridge carrying a former UP l... (more)

An overpowered edition of UP's "Produce Express," with an AC44CCTE and a handful of ES44ACs on the head end, twists along the Columbia River shortly after departing the RailEx facility at Wallula,... (more)

In Coal Country, railroading truly is a religion.

MRL's Gas Local has just departed the Thompson Falls terminal with empties for Missoula as it crosses the confluence of the Thompson and Clark Fork Rivers.

I've lived in Issaquah for more than half a decade and always assumed the small piece of ex-NP track running diagonally through downtown was dormant. Grand plans to reactivate the trolley line, l... (more)

A change of seasons: The daily morning eastbound Z from South Seattle charges upgrade towards Cascade Tunnel on a wet and dreary Day in North America 2007. The bright colors of autumn's s... (more)

Seemingly a scene from a massive N scale model railroad, CP trains pass each other at the exit of White Canyon along the Thompson River. The westbound stack train at left is twisting along CN's A... (more)

The sun's first rays set aflame some low-hanging clouds as Amtrak's Empire Builder races westward towards an on-time arrival in Everett. The train would soon meet Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Baring, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 156
Train ID: No. 7
Photo Date: October 19, 2008

On this spectacular October day in 2003, the brilliant colors of autumn in Upstate New York couldn't disguise the fact that Canadian Pacific's ex-D&H Albany Main was slowly being reclaimed by natu... (more)

BNSF's Orin Subdivision was unusually quiet at Reno Junction on this late-spring evening as a BNSF helper set idled away on the setout track. However, there was a good reason for the lack of acti... (more)