A northbound Union Pacific manifest train travels under the beautiful Mount Shasta in the background, with six engines in tow.

One of the morning San Joaquin trains move out of Sacramento station into the sunrise and off to Los Angeles. In the foreground, workers install padding and fuel/oil catching devices around th... (more)

A westbound intermodal train glides down the grade at Deception Creek.

A westbound BNSF train exits Drano Tunnel on a rainy evening. The Drano tunnel is an unlined tunnel cut through a large rock outcrop which can be seen in this photo. ... (more)

The drawbridge over the Columbia River, separating the states of Washington and Oregon, was built by the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway in 1908. This swing type bridge was the first of its ... (more)

BNSF C44-9W #4129 waits at West Siding Switch Ellensburg for a crew overnight. The full moon along with some key lighting of a LED flashlight and a 430EX II flash bring out the details in the murk... (more)

Briefly hitting 80 miles per hour, the last northbound Sounder of the week, 1516, approaches Auburn.

Forward view of the "Warren R. Henry" private dome car owned by "Patrick Henry Creative Promotions." You can see the P42 used to pull the two car train around if you look closely in the center win... (more)

A westbound manifest glides out of the 7.8 mile long Cascade Tunnel and past an empty grain train that has been waiting for the last two hours. You can see a photo of when the empty grain trai... (more)

A "super-moon" illuminates BNSF 5614 tackling a horseshoe curve in the Yakima River Canyon. The full moon makes the scene appear almost day lit. While stopped in Ellensburg, the DPU for this train... (more)

Three Amtrak P42's and a rebuilt P40 lead a special 28 car train made up of entirely privately owned passenger cars. This train was built up in Seattle, and terminate in Napa, California for the A... (more)

The Everett to Spokane manifest train heads east over the Rock Island Bridge on a hot summer afternoon. The bridge has been strengthened by building up external framework covering the original bri... (more)

DOTX 217, a track geometry car waits for an intermodal train at North Powder. This complex car can be operated by itself or towed behind another locomotive. In this case, Union Pacific SD70M #4917... (more)

Fellow railfans shoot a westbound Z train gliding down the west side of Stevens Pass at Deception Creek. Will Holloway, owner of Iron Horse Americamore)

An eastbound stack train travels along the Wenatchee River about two miles outside of the crew change point of Wenatchee. The town of Sunnyslope can be seen in the background.