Real containers wear pink. TMBL GP40 3001 and GP23ECO 2316 could be accused of playing 'Where's Waldo in a colorful Tacoma muni yard, but Tacoma Rail turns and burns at a rate that has made Tacoma... (more)

Amtrak’s Empire Builder 7 makes its way westbound at Gold Bar in the morning hours on the scenic sub. Recent wildfires that had swept the area have since been largely put out despite Grotto-S... (more)

OPR 100 pulls the ORHF 10th anniversary train. Follow me @j.po_railphotos for more photos and videos or trains!

Stacy Yard, floodlights, fog, ..and goats. A single SW1000 could pull 9000 tons between the UP yard interchange and Stacy as long as all the switches were lined and everyone else stayed out of th... (more)

VANCOUVER WA July 7 2011 — Under a cloudy sky and with diesel exhaust blowing up and to the right Portland & Western GP39-2 2317 (former Santa Fe 3616) proceeds north at the Amtrak station. The ... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Oct 2 1978 — Columbia Industrial Park 80-ton Whitcomb 101 (built in July 1944) awaits switching duties as Burlington Northern cabooses roll east in the background. It started life a... (more)

September 13, 1991 was a perfect late summer morning in Sycan, Oregon. Weyerhaeuser was beginning the process of moving all rolling stock off the Oregon, California & Eastern prior to abandonment.... (more)

Still trying to figure this one out. About 4 pm, this intermodal train was shoving in to the yard, or at least that what it sound like over the radio. The shove is from right to left. On the le... (more)

Intermodal, 1970s Style!

A westbound Southern Pacific intermodal train, full of those "long" 40' containers (two per 89' flat!) has just crossed the Santa Fe's Third District. T... (more)

Seattle Skies. The sky was overcast, but It was still early in the morning when Amtrak Coast Starlight (Train 11) was getting ready to depart King Street Station in Seattle, Washington on M... (more)

Angry Drivers. What else could a sign warning of “Cross Traffic” mean? Amtrak Coast Starlight (Train 11) was making good time under heavy skies as it passed through Chular, California o... (more)

EX SF GP30u sits in the sun on a warm summer day.

Near Starr Road is a spot along the Columbia River frequented by giant carp and the occasional train. It was 100 degrees this day and I waited, knowing the chances of a catching a truck full of ch... (more)

Southbound at the bottom of the bluff near Chelan airport

Tacoma Rail's Hill job makes a late appearance on Sunday morning, crossing the Sound Transit Tacoma bridge, where once stood the historic Milwaukee S-Curve wooden trestle. The acknowledgment pres... (more)