After days of crossing North America, this trainload of containers is a matter of hours away from embarking on the next step in its journey, a voyage across the Pacific. The locomotives, on the o... (more)

The tracks up the west side of Stevens Pass will be getting some due attention sometime after this merchandiser passes by, led by a warbonnet that still looks pretty good (!).

The morning southbound Cascades glides into the Edmonds stop. It appears that the winter has been a little hard on the equipment cosmetically and, alas, inspections began to show up some more hidd... (more)

Built for double track, later singled by the CNW but since restored by UP to double track, this classic bridge alongside US-30 continues to usher a steady stream of traffic toward the Great Plains... (more)

From sea to shining sea ... a continent's breadth of (K-Line) containers. This is the new Panama Canal, or "Land Bridge" if you will. Containers and the technology to move them have certainly re... (more)

Mountains may be an operational headache for the railroads, but as railfans, doncha just love the sound and drama of getting the tonnage over the hill?!

From the look of things here, nothing has received quite as much attention lately as the ballast! Not that maintaining the roadbed isn't essential to good railroading.

One of railfans' preoccupations while trackside involves spotting likely homesteads, with a good view of the action! The neighborhood overlooking Mukilteo's curve seems to offer some good candida... (more)

Sprinting up the west slope of Stevens Pass, 7776 cants into a curve beside the Skykomish river. In the days of electrification, steam power would switch out at Skykomish a few miles ahead, but w... (more)

One nice thing about the prevalence of leasing companies is that they keep some of our favorite old locomotives on the road, often in quite appealing paint schemes.

An eastbound intermodal led by 4628 passes (on the left, a la former CNW practice) a westbound stacker behind sister SD70M 4315. All busy railroads should be paralleled by a convenient road, as i... (more)

A long eastbound freight stretches around the curve and out beyond Oak Street and Simplicity Mfg. Whoever designed the jog in the fence to permit photographers this view was a real friend!

Perhaps we should bring back cabooses, just to give a hint as to what railroad is running the train. Would you have any idea that this was a Norfolk Southern operation?

P32 514 pushes off from the Ann Arbor Amtrak station with the morning "Lake Cities" to Chicago. On the point is an Amtrak NPCU.

The clarity of a February morning exhibits P32 512 pushing the Chicago-bound "Lake Cities" westward. Michigan Service trains generally run push-pull.