Cascade Rails 2011, this year's NRHS convention, featured a night photography session led by the Steve Barry. Steve is recognized as a master of flash photography for railroad subjects, and this ... (more)

Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449 is on her way from Portland, OR to Tacoma, WA for Cascade Rails 2011, this year's NRHS convention. The train has just crossed the swing bridge over the Columbia Riv... (more)

Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad's newly restored Polson Logging Co. #70 climbs the "Tacoma Eastern Gulch" in Tacoma. The MRSR train was in Tacoma for a series of excursions in conjunction with a model... (more)

Old meets new in Tacoma. Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad's newly restored Polson Logging Co. #70 passes a Sound Transit commuter train at Freighthouse Square in Tacoma. The MRSR train was in Tacoma f... (more)

Polson Logging Company 2-8-2 #70 pulls into the Elbe, WA depot on its first day of revenue operations. This locomotive was the subject of a nearly 10 year long restoration project at the Mt Ra... (more)

Restoration work on Baldwin 2-8-2 #70 has recently reached the point where the locomotive is operational. The Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad shop crew did an amazing job, and the engine looks and runs... (more)

Geared locomotive trifecta. No other tourist railroad can operate a tripleheader like this one! Featuring Rayonier #2, a 3 Truck Willamette (it's not a Shay, but close...), Hillcrest #10, a 3 Truc... (more)

Steam and the City. With downtown Portlland, OR as a background, SP 4449 pulls one of the 2010 Holiday Express trains for the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation. The trains are a yearly event, and fu... (more)

Travelling through the "urban canyon" along the Willamette River in Portlland, OR, SP 4449 pulls one of the 2010 Holiday Express trains for the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation. The trains are a y... (more)

Sounder 905 leads one of the evening commuter trains on the run from Seattle to Tacoma. Having just left Auburn Station, the train has to make a couple more stops before it will arrive at its fina... (more)

Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation's Holiday Express operated the first two weeks in December this year. There are lots of "Santa Trains", but not many of them use 4-8-4's, and only one has world fam... (more)

Passing one of the few remaining working farms along the route, Sounder #1510 heads north out of Puyallup, WA on the commuter run to Seattle. The train is about to pass under the new Shaw Road bri... (more)

The Oregon Zoo in Portland, OR has a Zoolights celebration every year at Christmas. They use millions of lights to decorate the zoo, creating fantastic displays. One of the most popular attract... (more)

Hillcrest Climax #10 glistens in the late afternoon sun. The engine is waiting while passenger board the train and will soon depart on Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad's Snowball Express Christmas Train... (more)

A BNSF freight heads into Pasco, WA as morning mist rises off the Columbia River.