Sound Transit F59PHI No. 603 gets hand-washed at Seattle, Washington, on May 28, 2008. In the background are Amtrak EMD F59PHI No. 468 and Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder equipment.

Sounder 902 in downtown Seattle in the travel by ORCA scheme.

With the sun setting after 11 PM in July there isn't much chance for fireworks in Alaska. However if the day is nice one can shoot a few passenger trains returning to Anchorage late in the evening... (more)

The train from Fairbanks approaches the station at Denali Park on the Alaska Railroad.

Sound Transit equipment lays over at the coach yard in Seattle, Washington, on May 28, 2008. Dominating the background is Seattle Mariners’ ballpark Safeco Field and its retractable roof.

On a very blustery day a lengthy train off the barge in Whittier rolls through the Portage Valley while a mostly obscured Begich Peak looks on as the day begins to clear. One can look quite a way ... (more)

Eight years after abandonment of the Milwaukee Road Lines West... at the time this was Burlington Northern Property that was being dismantled for scrap.

The Alaska State Fair is a two week long annual celebration that punctuates the end of summer in the 49th State. The fairgrounds in Palmer sit right beside the ARR's normally freight only branch ... (more)

Great Northern 99 works GN equipment at the King Street Station.

Three sets of Northern Pacific passenger F-units await their next train at the King Street Station.

Converted from a steam locomotive tender, steam generator car H-4 lays over in Seattle. Note the covers on the the rolling bearing trucks.

Amtrak Cascade train 501 heads south to PDX, heading past the small BNSF Willbridge yard in North West Portland.

One of two Dole Pineapple Express consists completes its circuit around the plantation grounds and will shortly arrive at the passenger unloading area. Trains take visitors on a narrated journey ... (more)

Crew members keep a watchful eye on the road ahead as parlor car 64 leads the westbound run of the Hawaiian Railway 3:00pm excursion. This car is one of many historic pieces in the museum's colle... (more)