Early on a gorgeous spring morning, a lone CP unit leads 124 empty coal cars and a DPU southward along the Columbia River on CP's Windermere Sub at Radium Hot Springs, BC. On the bluff above the ... (more)

A few miles south of where I-90 crosses the Columbia River in eastern Washington is a quiet town called Beverly. Tucked against the slowly-drifting river in the shadow of the Saddle Mountains, Bev... (more)

Caressed by the golden light of sunrise, a westbound UP manifest rolls along the Columbia River near Rowena, OR.

Dawn on DINA: The westbound Empire Builder takes a Clear signal at West Albus on BNSF's Columbia River Subdivision as the sun's first rays paint the distant bluffs.

As shadows creep across the Puyallup River valley, commuters aboard Sounder train 1505 are only a few minutes from the end of their train ride to Tacoma. A low deck of quickly-receding clouds par... (more)

An empty CP coal train approaches the Golden crossovers at dusk, slowing in preparation for turning south onto the Windermere Sub. The train will get a recrew and have excess power removed at Gol... (more)

In the epitome of storm light, or lack thereof, an empty coal train races a powerful spring storm across the eastern Wyoming prairie on BNSF's Orin Subdivision. Within minutes of taking this phot... (more)

MRL's Gas Local has just departed the Thompson Falls terminal with empties for Missoula as it crosses the confluence of the Thompson and Clark Fork Rivers.

On a quiet Sunday in the heart of Washington's Palouse region, PCC 2353 and BAR 360 are parked at the grain elevator at Sunset, near the end of the PCC's PV Sub. In two days, a PCC crew will take... (more)

Returning from Plummer to St. Maries with empties, engineer Keith enjoys the beautiful weather as STMA 103 soars high over Chatcolet Lake. In the distance is the old bridge carrying a former UP l... (more)

On my first visit to the STMA, I was lucky enough to capture of the classic shot of the train to Plummer crossing the Benewah Lake trestle. Calling in to work to extend my vacation by a day didn'... (more)

On this gorgeous summer day, the STMA crew's last chore before heading to Plummer was to hop across the river to the Stimson mill and pick up a few loaded (and one empty) centerbeam flats. The tr... (more)

Late on an intermittently stormy summer afternoon, a loaded UP coal train drops through the Gilluly horseshoes. A cluster of fast-moving clouds had just enough of a gap between them to permit thi... (more)

The sun's first rays set aflame some low-hanging clouds as Amtrak's Empire Builder races westward towards an on-time arrival in Everett. The train would soon meet Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Baring, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 156
Train ID: No. 7
Photo Date: October 19, 2008

On a winter morning with temps hovering right at the freezing mark and fog spread across the entire Puget Sound region, I decided to try my luck at driving an hour and a half from home to the shor... (more)