A tremendous sunset goes largely unseen by the crew of this northbound BNSF freight, holding at CP 21st St.

Northbound Cascades at sunset on the Puget Sound. Once again, scenes like this are not long for this world, even now pretty rare, with the retirement of the Series 6 Talgo train sets.

Amtrak Cascades Train no. 507 speeds through Puyallup, WA on a warm spring afternoon with Mt. Rainer standing over 14,000 feet tall in the distance.

Southbound train rolls through Carkeek Park

While the new locomotive bugs are being shaken out of TR 1525, the 1526 teemed up with it's older stablemate 1522 to drag a long cut of cars to the BNSF Tacoma yard. On the way back home, the tw... (more)

Tacoma Rail's 1525 and 1526, a pair of rebuilt MP15ACs in the latest paint scheme, take a breather after their first full day of work. Haven't heard yet how the crews like them, but they looked g... (more)

A Union Pacific intermodal train crosses Chambers Bay drawbridge in late afternoon light along Puget Sound at Steilacoom, WA. The double track line is owned by BN (BNSF now) and used by UP and Amt... (more)

TR 1525 has joined it's stable mate in crossing the street from the now defunct Progress Rail Tacoma. The last product to leave that Progress Rail Facility (formerly CEECO), it will soon be put t... (more)

With it's namesake mountains behind the camera, Cascades 505 crosses Bridge 14 at a very low tide, with Mt Rainier out of sight of the train's passengers, but in plane (err drone) view from this v... (more)

An well worn ex-Santa Fe Warbonnet Dash 9 brings up the rear of an oil train as it passes Clark's Point on a stormy afternoon. With all remaining former Superfleet locomotives well over 20 years ... (more)

Tacoma Rail's Hill Job (103) is on it's way home from Fredrickson and a portion of the former Milwaukee Road mainline. To do so, they must cross the BNSF and UP tracks and the Puyallup river over... (more)

The rain has stopped and the skies begin to clear as BNSF 4400 leads a southbound empty oil train through Bellingham, WA on February 22nd, 2021.

The Amtrak funeral train of retired Talgo equipment passes the driving range at Eastmoreland Golf Course in Southeast Portland, Oregon. The cars are destined for Southern California.

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)