I'm tooling around Tacoma after fixing the "little trains" only to realize I've seriously misjudged the sunset. I should be at Steilacoom, but that's a half hour away. Where, where can I go to c... (more)

Thanks again to the ATCS monitor system, a group of us were prepared for a westbound out of the Cascade tunnel. It was dark, I mean really dark. Huddled on the side of a snow hill, I had plenty... (more)

The Cascade Tunnel spits out another train. Vehicle trains (Autoracks) make for a nice even canvas to paint some light on and this one worked out nicely. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: n/a
Location: Berne, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: n/a
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: January 23, 2009

Thanks to some high tech info courtesy of David Honan (a new RP contributor) and his ATCS setup, we knew this train h... (more)

A sight not often seen - heavy sea (sound) level snow. A UP northbound manifest rolls through snow and past some Christmas lights in Steilacoom.

An evening with a stunning sunset over Mt Rainier and the South Puget Sound, was lacking one element, trains. So I was forced to wait until after dark for the first train. I've also been wonderi... (more)

I've been chided that I shoot this bridge too much, but there always seems to be a way to work it in to a scene. So here it is one more time with the Coast Starlight painting some color along the... (more)

Cascades 516 crosses Bridge 14 at Chambers Creek, while the Christine Anderson arrives at the Steilacoom ferry dock. The passengers of the vessel and the train get to sit back and enjoy an incre... (more)

A BNSF Ossifer's pecial on it's way to beautiful downtown Bakersfield CA, blasts under the Tacoma Narrows bridges. This train has been spotted all around the west and this has got to be one of th... (more)

Right on time! A BNSF Grainer crosses a small inlet on the Puget Sound as a stunning sunset begins to form! Click Here for ano... (more)

A beautiful Indian summer day along the eastern end of the Columbia River Gorge. Lots of trains, but one of interest was a unit coke train. I was able to catch it at several locations, but hear ... (more)

A great start to a day of photography on the Columbia River Sub. This vehicle train snakes off the bridge and along the bluffs, seemingly all the way back to Wenatchee. Fortunately the train was... (more)

Off into the sunset! Cascades 509 crosses the bridge at milepost 15.9, just south of the Steilacoom ferry dock, heading for it's next stop at Centennial Station in E. Olympia. BNSF 2089 is fil... (more)

Snow as high as an elephant's ear, or something like that! The most snow in more than 30 years and the passengers of the westbound Empire Builder are getting a close up view. The excavator is on... (more)

How 'bout a snow pace shot? A bitterly cold December morning, with snow blowing across the tracks and road, encourages one to stay in the car. Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: La Grande, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: UP 8511
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: December 08, 2007