In celebration of its 150th anniversary, Union Pacific is running a special train around its system led by the famed trio of E9s. This morning the train departed Spokane after another successful ... (more)

Cloudy day, common power -- once upon a time, at least. Good luck finding an SD40-2/GP50 combo along BNSF's mainlines today. On a rainy autumn morning in 2007, two Burlington Northern veterans d... (more)

On any given weekday morning Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse is a busy place, filled with both commuters hurrying to and from trains and tourists standing around gawking at the incredible ... (more)

On my first visit to the Powder River Basin, this was one of the first trains I came across: A BNSF load having just entered the mainline at NACCO Jct. making a run for Logan Hill at sunrise on a ... (more)

After a long afternoon of making toothpicks, the Eastside Freight crew is more than ready to call it a day as a cool rain shower envelopes Woodinville. Stopped for just seven seconds partway acro... (more)

A Muni LRV rests for the night on track 7 inside the Metro East shops. Apparently taking photos through a fence from a public sidewalk is discouraged in this neighborhood; my friend and I were ha... (more)

When BNSF Chairman, President and CEO Matt Rose decides it's time to tour his railroad, he does so in style. On a spectacular spring evening in the Columbia Basin, Executive Inspection Trip O-NWES... (more)

Near the end of a spectacular spring day, a northbound BNSF freight rolls along the shore of Drayton Harbor in Blaine as it approaches the USA/Canada border. Looming to the southeast are the rugg... (more)

Below sea level: A northbound light rail train briefly ducks below sea level as it reaches the nadir of the bore between International District and Pioneer Square Stations in the Downtown S... (more)

Gateway to SODO: A northbound Link train glides into the station in Seattle's industrial SODO district on an overcast summer evening. The arch spanning the station entrance is a sculpture ... (more)

In that brief period of time at the beginning of the day when the sky glows blue but only artificial sources cast light on terrestrial objects, one of first Link trains of the day accelerates out ... (more)

MTA's subway set decorated for the New York Rangers' playoff run lays over at Grand Central Terminal while in service on the S 42 Street Shuttle. So much for belief.

Is there anything more picturesque than an aptly-named Surfliner cruising along the Pacific coast at the edge of the continent?

In the last minutes of light on National Train Day, a southbound BNSF freight rolls past the healthy crops -- and not-so-healthy barn -- of a Skagit Valley farm. Looming in the distance is the 10... (more)

BNSF's daily early-morning South Seattle-to-Chicago Z train is silhouetted by the rising sun as it rolls through the fog along the Snohomish River.