Head end of the westbound SLPCTAC122E, just moving through the 674' long Gaynor tunnel. 2½ miles uphill from here is the East Portal of the 8 mile long Cascade Tunnel. RWS and I snowshoed into ... (more)

An Omaha - Tacoma stack train rumbles out from the innards of Cowboy Mountain and into the afternoon sunshine at Scenic, Washington after pulling through the eight mile long Cascade Tunnel.

Winter maintenance on a mountain railroad; The Skykomish-based snow dozer isn't used every year but there has been a heavy accumulation of snow this season. Here it is in action, blading the berm ... (more)

Eastbound stack train coasts downgrade along Nason Creek in the Cascade Mountains east of Stevens Pass, Washington. This remote location was accessed via snowshoes.

Eastbound Z crossing the Miller River in the morning as it nears the small town of Skykomish on the west side of Stevens Pass in the Cascade Mountains.

Eastbound Union Pacific empty grain train, viewed from Ruthton Park overlook on a rainy day. Dog mountain, shrouded in low clouds, is the backdrop on the other side of the Columbia River.

One of UP's T4 yearlings leads a K-Line intermodal westbound along the Columbia River between Biggs and Celilo, Oregon.

It's a wet, blustery autumn day in the Columbia River Gorge with another westbound grain train coming down the BNSF Railway's Fallbridge Sub through North Bonneville, Washington on its way to the ... (more)

Western Washington Railroad job at Ford's Prairie (Blakeslee JCT), about to come off the line from Maytown with a couple of propane tank cars for the BN yard in Centralia, Washington. Down the str... (more)

After a little more than an hour into its trip after starting the day at Maytown this Western Washington RR shuttle train is about to reach Blakeslee Junction with a couple of outgoing empty propa... (more)

The #1200, named "City of Shelton", sits cold inside the old brick roundhouse next to her stable mate #900 since her "fire was dropped" nearly one and a half years ago after Simpson Lumber Company... (more)

What's left of the Simpson Railroad's locomotive roster, the SW900 "City of Elma" and SW1200 "City of Shelton" repose inside the old brick roundhouse. Perhaps they will get a ... (more)

The 900 has been sitting dormant in its roundhouse stall since Simpson Lumber Company ceased operations in Shelton nearly one and a half years ago. It is hoped that a possible return to service o... (more)

Westbound Z crossing Nason Creek at "The Slot" on the climb to Stevens Pass.

It's mid-day as a set of black and gold WAMX motors bring a Hooper JCT to Port Kelly, WA Palouse River& Coulee City Railroad (PCC) grain shuttle across UP's Snake River bridge at Lyons Ferry (Joso... (more)