The morning Z train out of Seattle races East over the Skykomish River at the Big Eddy

UP 8314 powers the once-a-week empty OGLPS train up the PSAP outside of Elma. The log loader and hail provide for a interesting mood.

After clearing a tree off the tracks Tacoma Rails Hill Job is underway on the 3.8% grade as they lift the first of two cuts to 85th Street.

The Bozeman Pass Helper set shoves a loaded grain train pass at O'Rea Road. The NS unit and MRL units are in Run 8 struggling up the pass.

BNSF 676 takes the lead of a LAUPAS coming into Ritzville, Washington. Peyton Boyd and Spencer Montgomery are seen trying to get pacing shots as we race it into town.

Tacoma Rail 7001 leads the Tacoma Rail Hill Job up the 3.8% Grade at 43rd Street with all units screaming in run 8. The Milwaukee Road PCE mainline to Portland once ruled the grade, since 1980 own... (more)

In the bitter winter weather of Stevens Pass, BNSF is still running trains up the 2.2% climb to the Cascade Tunnel. Seen here is an eastbound empty coal train heading around a curve after recently... (more)

For the final time, Tacoma Rail runs the Hill Job up Tacoma Gulch. With the 3000's dead in tow, they get up to a walking pace after stalling out on the S curve just below. Will this be the last tr... (more)

A pair of BNSF DPUs push a coal drag across the Rock Island Bridge

MRL 250 is leading the Laurel to Bozeman Turn as it races out of Big Timber. The following week, the LAULAU would be abolished and now all the traffic gets picked up and dropped off via the ML and... (more)

Tacoma Rails Hill begins the ascend of Tacoma Hill and is coming out of the curves in between and under 3 different freeways. Todays train dealing made the hill easily even with the wet rail being... (more)

The SP Heritage unit takes a crossover at 21st Street in Tacoma leading IG4SE

With 26 cars for Frederickson behind the two SD70ACe-P4s, the hill job slowly makes it way up the 3 percent grade at 46th Street.

BNSF 277 leads the southbound Everett to Roosevelt trash train south out of CP Ruston and into Nelson Bennett Tunnel.

Between the Branches of the Oregon Coast the Toledo Patch brings its 20 or so cars over a small bridge.