Some Tacoma Rail switchers in the late afternoon sun with Mt. Rainer

The golden hour approaches as former BN 429 sits in Tacoma, as it has for about 8 years. This unit was involved in some sort of accident in the 2000's and was at CEECO before they closed. It seems... (more)

As the sun sets on a hot July day, former BN 9264 makes a reverse move to switch around the Port of Tacoma.

BNSF 6699 brings up the rear of a train along Ruston Ave. Mt. Rainier looms in the distance.

BN 5519 leads a mix of vintage EMDs on a northbound freight at Reservation Tower in Tacoma, WA on a somewhat dreary February day in 1979. Taken from the embankment of the Milwaukee Road overpass, ... (more)

This is a pretty rare sight and one that will be gone, at least in this form, in less that 2 years. This Tacoma Rail train, is running across the former Milwaukee Road mainline trestle, and forme... (more)

This was the first plan to deal with an errant drawbar. It might not have worked out the way it was intended, but the strap held for about a mile or so. The goal of getting the car into the ne... (more)

Not your typical "coupler pan" shot. The trailing centerbeam flatcar dropped it's drawbar about a mile or so back. At about 3 mph they made it about half mile before the strap that was holding t... (more)

Tacoma Rail 3000 along with SD45 3001.

A pair of Tacoma Rail switchers sit idle on a quite Sunday morning.

2 Tacoma Rail SD70ACe's finish setting out cars before heading west to tie up for the day.

Tacoma Rail units sit idle on a quite Sunday afternoon.

A former BN triclops idles on the Tacoma engine tracks with a variety EMD power including SD70Ace's and a SD9, BNSF 1599.

Looking like southern California, former SP 2568 and a sister unit await an uncertain fate at Progress Locomotives in Tacoma.