Amtrak 509 rolls south by the spring blossoms at McCarver St.

UP taking out the trash along the Ruston Way waterfront. The ships in the background are a pair of 685' federal Ready Reserve ships moored at the Sperry Ocean Dock on Schuster PKWY.

NP #7012A leads the second excursion of the day down the Tacoma Hill. The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad brought #7012 and Polson #70 to Tacoma to celebrate the grand opening of the LeMay Auto Muse... (more)

A stunning winter sunset provides the backdrop for this northbound grain train, running along the South Puget Sound.

Southbound Milwaukee Road freight train climbing the steep grade out of Tacoma, Washington, on August 7, 1978. The train is passing under Interstate Five, whose entrance and exit ramps flank both ... (more)

Tacoma Rails powered and signaled switches light a path for the crew of the BNSF STPTAC to use in setting out their train. Meanwhile, a TR crew works a cut of auto racks.

Early morning on the Tidelands Division we see TMBL #1521 and #1524 shoving a train into their yard while a switchman looks on, there's a plethora of these mini signals all over the area.

Hammond Lumber Company #17 leads 2 passenger coaches on a railfan special up Tacoma Rail's Ex-Milwaukee Road/Chehalis Western line to Fredrickson,WA 11/27/05. The train has just departed the stati... (more)

Passengers depart as the former B&O/MARC F unit rests after pulling the Washington State Dinner train on this warm summer evening.

4449 departs Tacoma, headed back to Portland

Posing in the sunlight just outside the dump house for the Continental Grain Elevator these two eclectic locomotives wait to unload the next unit train of bulk agricultural commodities from Burlin... (more)

CHUFFAGE! The "MUNI" aka the Tacoma Municipal Belt Line bangs out a cut of cars on the south end of the switching lead while Mt. Rainer looms in the distance.

A northbound BNSF manifest rolls through the eerie fog of a winter morning along the Puget Sound. Another of my favorites from a series of Black and White conversions.

Under the wire in downtown Tacoma.

BNSF 2541 South passes by the Tacoma waterfront with a general merchandise freight.