There weren't many Strauss direct lift bridges to begin with, but this is the last one in the US. There is also one left in Prince George, BC. Northern Pacific Railway commissioned the bridge in 1... (more)

To settle the imbalance of power on Stevens Pass (BNSF Scenic Subdivision) there are occasional light power moves between the 'Coast' (Seattle area) and the Apple Yard in Wenatchee, Washington. Mo... (more)

This is a Self Propelled SlotMachine. It is owned by Georgetown Rail Equipment Company, owners of Loram, the operators of rail grinders. Herzog also has a similar machine that looks even more like... (more)

Lebanon, Oregon is named after Lebanon, Tennessee. One is home of the Albany and Eastern Railroad and the other is home to the Nashville and Eastern Railroad. Coincidence? Oh look, Christmas light... (more)

Portland Traction Co. SW1 number 100 a.k.a. "The Most Famous Diesel in the Northwest". Reckon that might be so, but that other locomotive behind it, the 1127 I think, well it's big in So... (more)

You spin me right round right round. This is the last active roundhouse and turntable combo in Washington state. Interbay is also home of Seattle's Fishermans Terminal, across the street from the ... (more)

The 300 series Shinkansen bullet trains were introduced in the 1990s as replacements for the 100 series (the nose on the right). Behind the 300 is a 700 series which is the replacement for the 300... (more)

BNSF 5054 banks into the superelevated curve at Picnic Point on a rare sunny November day.

It wasn't unusual for 'rails' to chalk their inside jokes on each other's locomotives. In this case, 'swine' is a play on SD9 and the hoghead's nickname. What is unusual in this photo however is ... (more)

Westbound CN intermodal with a canyon rock gray ex-citirail unit on lead through the Thompson River Canyon. Last year this same location recorded the highest ever temperature in Canada, a swelteri... (more)

A year after the fire in Lytton, understandably everyone is a little on edge with the dozens of fires in the Cascades mountains on both sides of the border. Canadian National has a fire train know... (more)

The Alaska Railroad was where the interest in trains started for me. A return trip in 2014, my first time back to Alaska in 27 years, found some of the old engines were still around. 3005 used to... (more)

Despite record snow-pack in BC and the Northwest US, Spring rains melted the snow too soon, then fall fires and the driest September on record has drained the rivers. Ridership on the Rocky Mounta... (more)

Real containers wear pink. TMBL GP40 3001 and GP23ECO 2316 could be accused of playing 'Where's Waldo in a colorful Tacoma muni yard, but Tacoma Rail turns and burns at a rate that has made Tacoma... (more)