Soaring nearly 200 feet above the Snake River, a Boardman coal load stretches across nearly the entire 3,920-foot length of UP's Joso Bridge, its tail end still strung out through CPE273 on the fa... (more)

W&I's official watch dog, Molly, stands guard under the parked power at Marshall Yard, doing her best to disrupt the activities of a couple photographers. Photo taken from railroad property wi... (more)

In a 1/15-second pan shot during the blue hour, the nearly-empty purple streetcar turns the corner from Thomas onto Terry as it continues its northward jaunt toward Lake Union. Looming in the dis... (more)

The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, the only place in the world where buses and trains share an underground transit corridor, is a busy place during rush hour, with commuters crowding the platfor... (more)

A loaded CN coal train passes an empty CP grain train in the narrow confines of Black Canyon. At this location, the Thompson River twists through an oxbow so tight that the only routing option av... (more)

Just minutes after the sun disappeared below the horizon, Amtrak Cascades #516 sweeps through a curve along the shore of Bellingham Bay, the pastel hues of the dusk sky reflecting off the t... (more)

Another in a parade of westbound CP stack trains leaves behind the depths of White Canyon as it follows the twisting Thompson River for the last few miles to its confluence with the mighty Fraser.

A visit to British Columbia's Fraser and Thompson River Canyons guarantees one thing: A never-ending series of engineered solutions to overcome the challenges of constructing two water-level railr... (more)

A giant structure
Now forsaken by rail
Yet proudly stands tall

Two Sounder trains get ready for departure at King Street Stations in Seattle on a spectacular summer afternoon -- but can you spot the second train?

The engineer of Sounder #1505 throttles up as his train plunges into the darkness of the 106-year-old tunnel under downtown Seattle, appropriately passing a billboard for the Sounders. Dominating... (more)

The operator of a South Lake Union-bound train stares at me as I capture a 1/20-second pan shot of his train crossing Denny Way. The purple streetcar used to be sponsored by the Children's Hospit... (more)

A downtown-bound streetcar hums through the Westlake & Thomas intersection during a summer evening's "blue hour." Standing tall against the darkening sky is the most distinctive structure in Seat... (more)

Their work complete on a glorious summer evening, VIA RDCs 6135 and 6148 leave Victoria station behind as they trundle across the Victoria Harbor drawbridge, deadheading back to the shop for the n... (more)

Long shadows are cast across downtown Seattle during the last minutes before sunset as the purple streetcar begins yet another trip to South Lake Union.