A Link Light Rail train rolls to a stop in the sparkling new Beacon Hill Station. All of Link Light Rail stations and facilities feature art work. Some more artistic than others. The Beacon Hi... (more)

Ahh, the newest entry in the Zero Emissions contest and one of CEECO's last releases before shutting down. Just about ready for it's next (and last) assignment this Alco C415 was saved from the... (more)

Mission Impossible! If you choose to accept, find a scenic location along the 4449's route, where no other photographers will be found. I accepted and knew just the spot. Only a half hour hike... (more)

Foreshadowing of things to come? Is it so bad the vultures are circling UP? Probably not, but this bird might make some worry like the Snows of Kilimanjaro. Kinda cool when you can combine two ... (more)

What are these guys looking at? You're going to have to click and see. Follow their gaze! Tourist lines lack the resources of their larger freight hauling brethren. At the Chehalis-Centralia Railr... (more)

Finally! I caught a second train in good light at this location. And this was the second chance, the first spoiled by the open door of a very late Cascades 516, featuring another P32, AMTK 509. ... (more)

On a stunningly beautiful day, Cascades 509 rolls by the abandoned marina at Saltar Point just south of Steilacoom. Calm water's reflect a brilliant blue sky.

Recently rebuilt and repainted at CEECO, #98 is awaiting #90, before being sent north. This is part of CEECO's swan song, as the facility will be closing later this year. Sad, very sad, more tha... (more)

It's been clear for a couple hours that a stunning sunset is on the menu and I've been looking for a different location in which to catch a train. I think I've found it! Add in a reflection off th... (more)

It's nearly noon, and the WB Empire Builder is a few hours late. Standing a couple feet from the edge of the torrent that is Sunset Falls, trains crossing the bridge are very quite and constant a... (more)

A sense of scale! Nearly 46 miles distant from the Starlight's path, Mt. Rainier dominates the scene. The train is merely a Z scale model in comparison. Anderson Island provided this uncommon ... (more)

On a crystal clear spring day (finally), #11 rolls over the Chamber's Creek Lift bridge a few minutes behind schedule. The snow covered Olympic mountains provide a dramatic backdrop to the otherw... (more)

A quickly fading sunset along the Puget Sound, provides a dramatic setting for a UP freight trying to make it to Fife, WA before the crews hours are up. Hidden in the darkness is BNSF's bridge 15... (more)

The Christine Anderson momentarily halts boarding as #509 streaks through the S curves, along the shores of Washington State's first incorporated city, Steilacoom. The original NP Point Defiance... (more)

Golden Garbage! Most of the time this would be a shot requiring a boat, or I'd be standing in water up to my neck. Low tide provided access at just the right time to catch this glint shot of UP'... (more)