Grunting and grinding, the 1201 attains the top of "Sand Cut". On a 2.2% grade along a half mile stretch, this is where the challenge occurs on a daily basis. Pop can trees are rarely seen in thes... (more)

The morning lumber train winds through the streets of downtown Shelton with fully loaded a-frames of freshly cut boards from Mill 5 and will arrive at Mill 3 on the waterfront within 10 minutes.

Crossing Nason Creek (Gaynor) Trestle, eastbound and down in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. The peak of Rock Mountain is barely visible above the radiator wing of the leading locomoti... (more)

In a scene which could date from the 1950s we see a log train positioned for unloading at Simpson Lumber Company's dry sort yard up at the end of the line. The log trains haven't made the trip to... (more)

The 3876's crew is switching lumber loads out of the Shelton spur tracks then will back down and couple to the rest of the train at the pass before heading back to Elma.

Empty oil cans returning eastbound, ascending Stevens Pass. This location, just east of the old GN Alpine station site, is known as "Bonneville Cut" owing to the overhead power lines and impressi... (more)

Peeking around the corner and into a marshmallow world, this empty jet train floats downhill at "The Slot" in Washington State's Cascade Mountains.

In an area where the railroad runs through deep woods STC 1200 steps into a sunlit corner on its way back to Shelton from the Dayton dry-sort yard. The afternoon was a very pleasant respite after... (more)

The BLUPTL makes the 1% descent from Quincy to the Columbia River via Trinidad Loop.

While chasing this V train up the hill I caught him on the climb just before he turned into the Foss River canyon. The view is looking west down the Sky River valley.

The 3001 is working its hauler through some thickly forested country, up and over the Coast Range Mountains of western Oregon. It is nearly twenty miles into a 7+ hour, 74.7 mile long trek bound ... (more)

A brisk fall afternoon in Washington State's Cascade Mountains, vine maples and aspens have been turning to paint a colorful scene along Nason Creek. And to top it off was this westbound moving t... (more)

Some wild weather blew through the Pacific Northwest today and so did Amtrak 11 as the sun breaks for just a moment to showcase the Coast Starlight near Kalama, WA.

Rolling across the 1914 vintage Bridge 14 double counter-weighted lift span at Chambers Bay with a few tons of garbage

Pulling down the grade, leaving the Dayton Dry Sort behind and returning eastbound to town in the morning. A cool fog layer has lifted, allowing some colorful lighting all around! Note the turno... (more)