After waiting for about two hours, the wait finally paid off! Seen here is an eastbound empty grainer grinding up the 2.2% grade on Stampede Pass. Here it is exiting Tunnel 4, nearing the summit.

BNSF 5454 leads a westbound Z at the start of the long 2.2% grade over Stevens Pass. Here it is seen going over Nason Creek near Cascade Meadows.

It's not so common to see an SD40-2 and an SD9 leading a through freight on the Scenic Subdivision these days. Both of the engines were online as well! Here they are seen rolling east through the ... (more)

Amtrak 156 prepares to depart Edmonds station on it's last few miles to it's final destination in Seattle.

EFRX 109 shoves it's short two car train down the siding at Maltby, enroute to Snohomish Junction.

SDRX 911 highballs out of Edmonds bound for Everett.

After waiting for HOURS in the cold and windy atmosphere os Stampede Pass, BNSF finally brought a train over. Here an eastbound empty grain train is seen emerging out of Tunnel 4 on the last bit o... (more)

EFRX 109 and it's train finish up their brake check before heading back up the hill toward Maltby and Woodinville, WA. This was the only time the sun came out all day.

Tacoma Rail GP40 #4002 leads a short two car train north up the Lakewood Subdivison at a crawling 10 MPH.

The Sounder game train slows into Mukilteo for a short station stop to pick up game fans heading to Seattle.

Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad's recently restored locomotive, Polson Logging Co. #70 made a special trip to Tacoma for the annual Tacoma Rail open house. Here it is seein going over the main cross... (more)

A UP manifest crosses over the Pend Oreille River in Sandpoint enroute to Canada from Spokane.

The BNSF Boeing Local shoves back toward Bayside Yard in Everett after a few hours of switching at the Boeing Plant.

Apparently people don't know how to read the "DO NOT PARK ON TRACKS" sign posted on the building. The Ballard Terminal Railroad had to have 6 total cars towed away. I guess that's their way to lea... (more)

SP 4449 heads into town after wying the train for the photo run by.