Tacoma Rail's Hill job is on it's way to Fredrickson. This trip the crew has 14,600 horsepower to lug the 15 cars up the 3.65% grade that awaits them once they leave Sound Transits Lakewood Sub.... (more)

One of two new (rebuilt) MP15AC's for Tacoma Rail, in a brand new paint scheme. Also one of the last two locomotives to be produced by Progress Rail Tacoma, as they are shutting down this facilit... (more)

Tacoma Rail's twice weekly job 103 works the South Tacoma industries under the occasionally watchful eye of Mt Rainier on a beautiful winter day. The Feed Mill isn't quite finished but they ne... (more)

Tacoma Rail's Mobile (formerly) Training Facility, was moved by a flatbed truck recently. The former UP caboose is used for training purposes, including a simulator. The new location out in fro... (more)

A Tacoma Rail GP38-2 awaits its next assignment in their sprawling main yard while mother nature tries to break through the industrial setting with a young tree..

Tacoma Rail's Hill Job passes through the iconic Milwaukee Road gulch on the east side of Tacoma Washington, under the city's skyline.

Tacoma Rail returning from Makenna WA with a string of Empty hoppers.

A Tacoma Rail job has a setout of mostly tractors for the Wallenius Wilhelmsen facility at EB1 on the Blair Waterway in Tacoma. Quite a selection of heavy machinery in the background.

It's the first time that Tacoma Rail's sole GP23ECO has led anything south of Freighthouse Square, as it was assigned to the DuPont local (Job 103) to fill in for the 2200, out for maintenance. Th... (more)

Tacoma Rail's Hill job (101) begins it's journey to Frederickson. After shoving in to the UP's Fife yard, the train takes the short northern section of the Mountain Division over the Puyallup Riv... (more)

On a pre-spring teaser day in the Puget Sound, Mt Rainier stands watch over the Tacoma Rail Muni yard.

TMBL 7001 leads 2 other SD40-3's and another SD70ACe-T4 and 24 cars up the 3.3% ex-Milwaukee Road Tacoma Gulch as it nears the top of the grade on 4/4/17.

Tacoma Rail GP40M 4002 brings a short yard job from the South Yard to Slug 2 over the newly installed crossing to continue switching at Tacoma Rail's Tidefalts yard. I went out that day with a fri... (more)

After backing into the UP Fife Yard, the "Mountain Job" is tied down for Sunday, and will run Monday Instead.

A set of Tacoma Rail geeps work the yard, in the Port of Tacoma.