A Tale of Two Heralds... Undoubtedly, those involved in the Railroading avocation who have ever visited Tacoma are well aware of the Milwaukee heralds (on the left) that adorn a plate gird... (more)

A late summer afternoon photo on Stampede Pass is always to be had at the west portal of Tunnel 4, and today is no different. The daily Pasco-Vancouver manifest makes its exit at New Stampede wit... (more)

Last Run For Green Mountain... The morning Woods Train rounds the corner out of Green Mountain Mill for the last time as the final revenue run readies for its trip down to the finishing mi... (more)

The daily westbound Pasco-Vancouver parallels the headwaters of the Yakima River as it passes under the former Milwaukee Road overpass west of Easton. The trail bridge (pictured in the distance) ... (more)

Wintertime at "The Slot." One day prior to a substantial snow storm that blanketed the entire Puget Sound, a westbound BN manifest works it's way up the eastern slope of Stevens Pass. Now I know... (more)

Exiting Green Mountain Mill on it's final trip to Longview, Wa. Weyerhaeuser's Woods Train crosses the South Fork Toutle River for the last time. The concrete span is a replacement; the result of... (more)

An appreciable amount of snow, sun, and trains can be a tricky combination in the semi-arid regions of eastern Washington. This spotless blue sky January finds a Chicago bound stack train roundin... (more)

A mid-summer haze has descended on Puget Sound as northbound Cascades #508 crosses Chambers Bay at sunset. The stagnant air hasn't deterred the fish, however, as an early run of chinook "King" ... (more)

It's The Water! It's downtown Olympia on a warm mid-summer Friday and Tacoma Rail's "Belmore" Local crosses Capitol Lake on it's way to work industry in Tummwater's Mottman Industrial Park.... (more)

BNSF 9727 leads a trio of SD70MACs at "daylighted" Tunnel 6 over Stampede Pass. The tunnel bore remains can be seen at bottom right. This particular cut of hoppers is destined for the Spring Cr... (more)

Be it that 2009 is the 10'th anniversary of Amtrak's Cascades service in the Northwest, we see train No. 753 traversing the Nisqually River Bridge on its southward journey towards Portland, OR. Th... (more)

The summer of Stampede... An early fall afternoon greets the westbound M-PASVBC as it enters the east portal snowshed of Tunnel 4 at Old Stampede. "Plenty" of trains, great weather, and p... (more)

In the pre-Sound Transit era, ABS ruled the territory between Tacoma and Seattle (Ballard), WA. Alas, the searchlights no longer beam their aspect on this stretch of Washington countryside. ... (more)

Dinner Theatre... A Hunter's Moon provides for subtle illumination of the scene as a southbound UP manifest traverses the Joso trestle of south-central Washington. Red and blue nav... (more)

BN 2085, the "Pacific Pride II" unit, leads the "Spud Local" west down the curvaceous terrain of Trinidad, WA, on its return from Quincy back to Appleyard in Wenatchee. 2085 received a BNSF H1 re... (more)