What a start to a predicted week of sunny dry weather in western Washington! With Mt. Rainier in full splendor, the first Northbound afternoon Sounder heads back to Seattle for another load of c... (more)

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)

BNSF 933 is rolling along the Columbia with a nicy shiny new coat of paint, a rare thing indeed for a Warbonnet.

The Starlight has just about made up all of it's lost time, now running only 5 minutes late and just in time for a great sunset along the Puget Sound.

Blue hour on Altamont Pass. On the way to Winterail!!

BNSF 7064 has been cooling it's heels in Skykomish while a workcrew keeps the Cascade Tunnel in tip top shape. Now after a 4 hour work window has passed and a nearly hour long trip from Skykomish... (more)

A flight of 737's are on approach to Seattle as they cross the bridge at Sunset Falls under the care of BNSF on what appears to be a beautiful Fall (DINA) afternoon. Just a few miles west lies gl... (more)

A single evening of lowland snow has brought 2-3 inches of the white stuff to the Puget Sound. By the time this military train's crew change was complete at Nisqually, both the light and the snow... (more)

The Roy Turn recently left the Lakeview sub (NP Prairie Line) and is on it's way back around Pt Defiance to the Tacoma BNSF Yard.

Go West, and so NS 8105 did, about as far west as you can get on the U.S. "interstate" rail system. The NS Heritage unit is being re-fueled after leading the STPTAC over Steven's Pass and on to ... (more)

UP 5551 leads the last of three UP trains in a row, through one of the numerous curves along the Puget Sound on BNSF's Seattle Sub. Bound for Seattle, this grainer will leave the BNSF Seattle sub... (more)

Scenic - Where the Snow was! EB intermodal led by a MAC, a rare sight these days, waiting it's turn through the Cascade tunnel, located a couple hundred feet below mine. Railroad: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Locomotive: EMD SD70MAC
Location: Skykomish, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 9849
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: January 04, 2014

If you aren't going to get snow on Steven's pass in the winter, then the next best thing is a clear, not too cold, starry night. This east bound freight has just crossed the Foss river bridge, as... (more)

While Tacoma slept, the snow did fall, but not for long. What's left is proving to be nothing more than an inconvenience, despite numerous school closings. It certainly didn't slow the Starlight... (more)

A new slug has entered the world of railroading. Built on-site at TEMCO grain facility in Tacoma, from the old SW1200 219, which sat unused for years in this very spot. Originally this was the N... (more)