TR 4002 sits at the west end of the large Tacoma Railyard

The morning cascades train rolls north to Vancouver.

The sharp point of this P42 is striking south, approaching SLO

The Fillmore Western weekend train backs into the yard in Fillmore.

On a hot spring day, LLW 5399 in all of it's SP glory rolls a small train of empties to the Weyerhaeuser Lumber corp. The locomotive had just received a new traction motor and is out earning reven... (more)

NB grain passes the Temco facility and switchers.

Former St. Lawrence & Atlantic 3004 leads 663 past the defunct Linnton Plywood Company. Once a top rated company to work, now sits idle due to the downsizing of the old growth forrest operations.

The M-F Sutherland to Roseberg, OR turn with a train of empties heading south.

A Northbound auto train navigates its way down the Tehachapi mountain. This train passes the Caesar Chavez center in Keene with some Santa Fe power, including a Dash-8 C40-8W

A Tacoma Rail transfer to the BN Yard in Tacoma.

The smoke has finally cleared, allowing for a lovely fall hike. Amtrak 28 rolls east along the mighty Columbia River and is seen from the Cape Horn Trail.

Some large power does some switching around the BNSF yard in Rivergate while BNSF 3149 sits idle.

BNSF power with a Santa Fe leader makes a run south to Portland in a winter storm.

BNSF 1461 leads a transfer to Willbridge with a collection of Oilcans.

While back home, i had to get a grab shot of the SLO based helper set. With lack of traffic, UP has gone back to using SD70M's while storing the SD60M's that have been used for helper service and ... (more)