Former EMD Demonstrators 1211 and 1212 are now wearing the colors of Tacoma Rail for the duration of their 5 year lease. These may be the last most modern units to cross this trestle as it is sch... (more)

Rods and Gears. In a display of mountain muscle, Hammond Lumber #17 and Rayonier Lumber #2 double-head a short freight into the yards at the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad Shops.

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The "ghost train" leaves Mineral. After switching onto the main line at Mineral, Hammond Lumber #17 begins plodding slowly south into the murk, with a short freight bound for Mort... (more)

Fall in the Cascades. A few splashes of color brighten an otherwise gloomy fall day in Washington's Cascade Region, as Rayonier Lumber Willamette #2 brings a freight out of the deep woods a... (more)

East bound towards Grangeville, Idaho is this days train as it rounds the curve at Spalding, Idaho... This location is actualy a huge Wye, with the small section of track in the fore ground being ... (more)

Patriot Railroad's Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Woods line, runs from Longview, Washington to Headquarters, Washington, where there is a county owned land fill that the railroad services. Here we s... (more)

A little known shortline in Washington state, The Columbia Basin's Portland Vancouver Junction railway. Runs from the connection with the BNSF at Rye Junction up to Battleground, Washington on the... (more)

A warm and sunny spring greets this new shortline locomotive to its new operation... This short line operated on the former Northern Pacific Yacolt branch from Vancouver, Washington's Rye Jct to Y... (more)

The leaves on the trees are a bright yellow as they glimmer in the afternoon sun shine, as the Lewis River dinner train rolls into Battle Ground Washington with former Southern Pacific SW-8 Now nu... (more)

A late Amtrak Portland Section of the Empire Builder, Rolls through the long siding at Cooks, Washington on the beginning of it's long run to Spokane and eventually Chicago. Amtrak temporarily re... (more)

Stranger in a strange land: An MRL Officer Car Special cruises along Puget Sound at Carkeek Park near Blue Ridge, WA, running from New Westminster, BC to Missoula, MT via Seattle and Stampe... (more)

Stranger in a strange land: An MRL Officer Car Special cruises along Bellingham Bay south of Fairhaven, WA, running from New Westminster, BC to Missoula, MT via Seattle and Stampede Pass. ... (more)

Columbia & Cowlitz #312 kicks up mud as it crosses aptly named Industrial Way in Longview.

Columbia & Cowlitz #308 leads the landfill train under I-5. In a few minutes, the train will round Rocky Point and cross the famous Bridge 7 over the Cowlitz River.

On a dark and dreary april morning, Weyerhaeuser co. woods train stalls at Rock spur, while slugging the up hill grade from Green Mountain to Headquarters. Lead unit 312 has shut down from overhe... (more)