Simply Seattle - The rear DPU on a heavy loaded westbound grain train arriving from the south crawls across Broad Street near the site of old North Portal Tower down on Seattle's waterfront... (more)

Burlington Northern intermodal hotshot with three EMD GP60 demonstrators and a lone B30-7A roll along Airport Way next to Boeing Field as the engineer begins to slow down for their arrival at the ... (more)

Crew change... Second shift crews gather to inspect and prepare their locomotive power before beginning their duties at Balmer Yard in Seattle on a partly sunny May afternoon.

Apparently people don't know how to read the "DO NOT PARK ON TRACKS" sign posted on the building. The Ballard Terminal Railroad had to have 6 total cars towed away. I guess that's their way to lea... (more)

Richard Beal photo: SD45's as far as the eye can see in the deadlines at Interbay Yard. The 6504 and some of her sisters would find a new life though, pulling trains for the Wisconsin Central u... (more)

Richard Beal photo: Three Tiger Striped GP50's roar by next to Boeing Field, south of Seattle with pigs for Chicago

3 SP SD45Rs are coming off the now defunct ex NP waterfront line after delivering their train to Stacy yard. The track nearest the photographer is the Seattle waterfront streetcar line. It ran unt... (more)

3 freshly rebuilt SD45Rs are the power for today's LA to Seattle SP runthrough train. The BN crew took over this train at Brooklyn yard in Portland OR. SP power sure looked good when it was clean.... (more)

Happy 100th birthday, Union Station! Opened in May, 1911 by Union Pacific predecessor Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Company and joined soon thereafter by the Chicago, Milwaukee, S... (more)

After the recession of 1980, it was nice to see Burlington Northern get new power. Another added bonus was a new paint scheme! The tiger striped scheme didn't last long since it didnt' show up too... (more)

The ROOEVE (Roosevelt-Everett) brings in the trash cans, leaning into the curve south of Spokane Street as it enters Seattle.

As evening approaches, Interbay yard is crammed full of motive power at its engine facility, including a couple of Amtrak P42s marked for service which are in dire need of wheel replacement.

What a line up! On a crisp, clear winter afternoon, A variety of Sounders, Amtrak's Empire Builder, a special ORCA locomotive, and an old Winnebago! All that is missing from the northwest's... (more)

Taking it easy on the shores, three DPU roll along the Puget Sound. Soon, the easy times will be over. Stevens Pass, with its huge 2.2% grades, will put all the train's 6 units to work.

The headlights of a southbound Sound Transit Link Light Rail train bring to life a variety of details in Beacon Hill Tunnel, from the curvature of the track to the sinuous path of the overhead con... (more)