The 20 minute late 506 highballs out of the Tacoma depot, scaring off some seagulls in the process.

A trio of UP SD40-2's pulls a garbage train down the Puget Sound. UP trains with SD40-2's for all power are getting very rare.

The M-VAWEVE with an almost pure BN green SD40-2 consist slows to a stop after the UP stack train. He got the light about five minutes after this photo.

A Kalama grain train captures the last rays of sunlight cutting through the clouds in the Gorge.

Night exposure of the Empire Builder, with P42DC #89 in the lead.

UP SD70M 4348 leads a part-TOFC, part-stack train past Solo Point. The second unit is a patched SP SD70M.

A westbound UP stack train works uphill along the deserted Summit Valley Road.

The late 506 speeds up the Puget Sound with an unusual power consist; Two F59PHI's and no NPCU. To top it off, they were both silver/blue California units! Trailing unit is Amtrak 465.

A nice mix of old and new GE power leads this refrigerator train past the switch at Nelson Bennett.

Amtrak 76 leads train 4 of the 19th across the Arizona-New Mexico border into Gallup, NM.

The 10 minute late Coast Starlight speeding down the banks of the Puget Sound. The Narrows Marina and a glimpse of the Narrows Bridge are in the background.

A pair of C424's and a C420 put on a smoke show as they approach a cattle guard marking entry into ranch lands.

After Amtrak #500 cleared Ruston, the UP garbage train lead by two brand new AC4400-CTE's heads out of Main 2 and into single track that leads to the tunnel.

This BN Green GP38-2 emerges from the tunnel on this snowy day. The switch about 1/4 mile behind me froze, so all Main 2 traffic had to wait for the forman to fix it.

A grain train lead by a Tier-II compliant GE Evolution Series (GEVO) unit stops to wait for a baretable train. This gave me the opportunity to take some detail shots of the unit.