An evening Amtrak Cascades train passing through White Rock on its way to Seattle from Vancouver, BC.

Having never seen 2/3 of the locomotives in this building before today, it was a truly magnificent experience, and the facilities and people here are top notch. They aren't arrogant by any stretc... (more)

McCloud River Railroad #25 rests at the depot in Rockaway Beach after a run up from Garibaldi for the Oregon Coast Scenic Railway. This is one fine looking Alco 2-6-2, and it's nice to see that t... (more)

A lot of material at the baggage car at the Spencer Whistle Stop. At this place many passengers leave the train for trekking, walking or riverrafting

Working at the baggage car at Talkeetna

Autumn on the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad. Crossett Western saddle-tanker #10 rumbles across the high bridge, spanning the East Fork of the Lewis River on a beautiful fall day. The bridge... (more)

There is no fire…. yet! What are they doing? Southern Pacific ran a vegetation control spray train on its Cascade Subdivision to apply a herbicide to prevent growth of burdensome Bracken ... (more)

GN 1196 lettered City of Spokane brings up the rear markers on Amtrak's Empire Builder as it leaves Seattle on a sunny spring evening.

Having already lost its nose herald, GN F 273-A headed south emerges from GN's tunnel under Seattle into the north end of Seattle's King Street Station. April 9, 1970, just four weeks after t... (more)

Geeps and switchers outside Northern Pacific’s brick roundhouse at Tacoma, Wash. April 11, 1969.

An Amtrak Cascades train departs Seattle behind "cabbage" NPCU No. 90340 (ex-F40PH) as it passes the home of the Seattle Seahawks. The clock tower for King Street Station can be seen bey... (more)

The first southbound Sounder passes by Boeing Field on a sunny afternoon.

One of ODOT's new "Mater" cab car sports a custom "paint job". Somebody needs to wash these things more frequently. They're already beauty challenged, a coat of grime doesn't help, or maybe it d... (more)

The eastbound (or northbound) Rocky Mountaineer Coastal Passage train rolling along part of the Seattle Waterfront in North Portal.

Steam Siphon in Action. Fireman Martin Hansen checks the level in the water tank on Mt. Emily Shay #1, as the locomotive's steam siphon draws water from the Lytle Creek and pours it into th... (more)