I'm all set up for a shot I've been trying to get for several months. I can see the train, every things good. All of sudden a car screech's to a halt and out jumps this guy and he starts runnin... (more)

Mt. Rainier is sporting a Lenticular cloud, as Cascades 507 heads for the Nelson Bennett tunnel and a meet with a late Cascades 506. Had 507 been a tad slower, I could have captured the meet at t... (more)

UP's daily garbage train rolls past the BNSF Moon yard and the Temco yard tracks, along with one of Temco's durable GP9s. In the background the HMS Bounty is open for tour as part of the Tacoma T... (more)

America's most dangerous and powerfull - volcano. Flower power - the power of Digitalis, heart medicine in the form of wild Foxglove. An interesting setting for more even power, 17600 horses pulli... (more)

This MP caboose used on a Fife based UP local was involved in a collision with a Wood chip truck, after the driver's ill advised right turn. The caboose definitely won! Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: n/a
Location: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: n/a
Train ID: s53
Photo Date: May 16, 2008

This Fife based UP local ends up T-Boning a Wood chip trailer with their caboose, after the driver's ill advised right turn. A crowd of officials, police officers and bystanders watch as the Con... (more)

A Fife based UP local ends up T-Boning a Wood chip trailer with their caboose, after the driver's ill advised right turn. Train 1, Truck 0. New job in future for the truck driver. more)

All is quiet at Sound Transits new Link Light rail yard. These Japanese built / US assembled cars have months to get used to their new digs, as service is not expected to start until late 2009. ... (more)

Something new for CEECO to be proud of!! Savage Industries will soon be putting this shiny "new" locomotive to work. www.savageind.com

This locomotive was involved in a collision 12/17/2007 between the towns of Derby and Mulvane Kansas. The unit was leading the Red Rock coal train when it collided with a UP local, taking impacts ... (more)

White out in the Blues! This WB UP freight is just reaching the one short level section of railroad on the grade west of La Grande.

On the first real nice weekend of the season, people are enjoying the low tide beach at Picnic Point. This group is among the more responsible, picking a game of volleyball to play rather than ... (more)

Engineer's side wasn't exactly unscathed! This locomotive was involved in a collision 12/17/2007 between the towns of Derby and Mulvane Kansas. The crew apparently survived. On it's way to CE... (more)

This locomotive was involved in a collision 12/17/2007 between the towns of Derby and Mulvane Kansas. The unit was leading the Red Rock coal train when it collided with a UP local, taking impacts... (more)

The BNSF Tacoma to Pasco WA train crosses the short bridge at MP 15.5, heading in to the glint of the late afternoon sun. In the Sound, the Pierce County Ferry boat heads back from it's Ketron Is... (more)