White Pass #90 gains some "hang time" while being loaded aboard Alaska Marine Lines "Southeast Provider." #90 is the second of the White Pass & Yukon Rebuilds to be sent north.

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)

Although the weather was lousy when I visited this railroad last year I had a great time thanks mainly to an amazing man that I met. He was called Harold Borovec who was kindness itself, a mine of... (more)

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)

Tacoma Rail Olympia Switcher sorting cars at St. Clair Jct.

In the clear at East Olympia. Train just returned from the Lakeview sub and will tie up on the Olympia Branch shortly.

This aging MoW crane heads back to its storage track in Edmonds. See it in action here.

Moving around storage cars on the south end of the W&I

White Pass units 90 and 90 are chained to the deck of the barge Stikine Provider enroute to Tacoma, WA for a major rebuild. CEECO will install new Cummins UK primemover rated at 1500 hp. New ele... (more)

Weyerhaueser Company's daily "trash train" demands six locomotives today. Five SW1500's and the company's only GP9 make up the consist.

In the spirit of this political season, I bring you Change. Change you can count on, or could, until this train ran over it. Nailed and spit out by Axle #1, it's a heartbeat away from being batt... (more)

This little switcher is still serving it's country. Started out in 1942 and still going, while the USS Independence (CVA-62) has come and gone (1958-1998).

This was a short-lived 1980's shortline.

This railroad was only around for a brief period in the early 1980's.

This railroad was only around for a brief period in the early 1980's.