The end of a rainy day, brings a rainbow and a bit of sun to the Puget Sound area. Not missed by rail crews, it was a topic of discussion over the radio. Here a Tacoma Rail job keeps working w... (more)

A very rare scene that won't be seen again! Tacoma Rails Hill Job or Job 101, the train to Fredrickson WA is now an entry in the history books. Tacoma Rails Mountain Division over the former Mi... (more)

A rare scene that just might not ever be seen again! Tacoma Rails Hill Job or Job 101, the train to Fredrickson WA is soon to become an entry in the history books.

Tacoma Rails Mountain Divi... (more)

With the calm Flathead River acting as a mirror on a beautiful fall afternoon, MRL's Gas Local cruises through this scene on it's way to Missoula.

A late Starlight has just left the Tacoma Dome Station and is now crossing the new double track trestle just north of the station.

UP's I-TAG3 is crossing the UP bridge across the Puyallup River just outside CP Reservation, where it will join the BNSF's Seattle Sub. At this point they are still putting their train together, ... (more)

After a setout and pickup at the BNSF Tacoma yard, the EVELVJ (Everett to Long View Jct) is on the move along the south Puget Sound. Having past under the Tacoma Narrows Bridges (in the backgrou... (more)

The power for the LPCTAC has been turned on Tacoma Rail's Wye and is now headed back to the train, sitting on the Tacoma Main. Soon this set of power will once again cross the Puyallup River to d... (more)

For some reason the crew of the LPCTAC needed to turn their power. While BNSF has a turntable, I'm not sure if it's still in service and the roundhouse crew is gone by this time, so their next o... (more)

Its near high tide at Chambers Bay on the Puget Sound, and near sunset as well, for the crossing of Bridge 14 by this south bound UP stack train.

With a wildfire smoke sunset in the background, #14, running pretty much on time, is pulling out of the Tacoma Dome Station and across the new Sound Transit Tacoma Trestle.

This is a BNSF stack train at the Port of Tacoma, delivering a train to Tacoma Rail. As part of normal operations, this train comes west across Stevens Pass, through Seattle and down (south) to... (more)

Still trying to figure this one out. About 4 pm, this intermodal train was shoving in to the yard, or at least that what it sound like over the radio. The shove is from right to left. On the le... (more)

A southbound UP manifest on the Valley Subdivision crosses the nearly mile long bridge over the Sacramento River. This is a "fisheye drone" view, created from 6 images.

UP 3883 an SD70M leads a south bound mainifest train across Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Bridge, aka Pit River Bridge. Above the train is the 4 lane Interstate 5, and below, the seemingly e... (more)