UP 3609 leans into the curves with its Portland bound train at Steilacoom, WA. The double track main is owned by BN and used by UP and Amtrak at this time. Amtrak now uses a different route out of... (more)
UP 5851 leads a freight north past the Steilacoom, WA station (NP heritage) and ferry boats that service Anderson Island & Ketron Island on the double track mainline into Tacoma along Puget Sound.... (more)
There weren't many Strauss direct lift bridges to begin with, but this is the last one in the US. There is also one left in Prince George, BC. Northern Pacific Railway commissioned the bridge in 1... (more)