First light on a spring morning finds an empty grain train stretched out along the namesake of BNSF's Lakeside Sub, Sprague Lake, as little cotton ball-like puffs of mist start to burn off under t... (more)

Early on a summer morning, a train of export coal bound for Prince Rupert, B.C. begins its ascent of Mullan Pass behind a pair of big CP GEs, with a four-pack of MRL SD70ACes tucked in two-thirds ... (more)

An outbound Seattle Streetcar service swings around the corner from Westlake onto Thomas in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood. The iconic Space Needle dominates this blue hour scene, its ro... (more)

After chasing MRL's Gas Local to Missoula, I went to get lunch only to hear the dispatcher give nearly-simultaneous ... (more)

Thomas the Tank Engine passes the top of Snoqualmie Falls and ongoing construction work at Puget Sound Energy's hydroelectric plant. Day Out with Thomas is the Railroad: Thomas The Tank
Locomotive: Steam 0-6-0
Location: Snoqualmie, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: 1
Train ID: Day Out with Thomas
Photo Date: July 13, 2013

A pack of cattle flee away from the tracks as GP30 3004, wearing the stylized PCC "graffiti" logo over old Ohio Central colors, and GP35 3651 in actual PCC paint trundle past the two elevators in ... (more)

Two Sounder trains get ready for departure at King Street Stations in Seattle on a spectacular summer afternoon -- but can you spot the second train?

Strings of Ri 52 girder rail awaiting installation on Seattle's First Hill Streetcar line lie coated in frost on a chilly winter morning.

Although girder rail is the de facto standard f... (more)

As a counterpoint to M. S. Repp's "before" photo from 1983, here's the "after" view from Lander Street in 2010. The... (more)

When it gets really cold in Washington in the winter, the perpetual clouds vanish and leave behind a brilliant blue sky. Late on such a glorious Friday afternoon, an empty grain train follows the... (more)

A beautiful early-autumn afternoon at the place Peter Furnee jokingly calls Honan Overlook finds yet another empty co... (more)

Following the gentle grade of the Yakima River, an eastbound empty grain train is just about to enter the twisting canyon that lies between Cle Elum and Ellensburg on BNSF's Stampede Sub. Across ... (more)

With mountains stretching to the horizon, the region west of the Continental Divide would seem to be an impossible place for a railroad to traverse -- yet the Rio Grande found the Colorado River a... (more)

A full moon, the Big Dipper and single street light bring to life a nocturnal scene along the Washington & Idaho Railway, depicting MRLX, the forlorn sister to famed "Black Widow" 6304, awaiting r... (more)

In the pre-dawn gloom of a chilly winter morning, Seattle Streetcar's purple tram crosses Valley Steet as it approaches the South Lake Union station. Not too far away, the Space Needle was still ... (more)