This isn't your high school chemistry lab. A RailWorks crew has just dramatically ignited a thermite weld as construction activities for Sound Transit's Railroad: Sound Transit
Locomotive: Thermite weld
Location: Lakewood, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 18, 2010

The ARR Alaska State Fair Train is in the depot area awaiting its 1pm departure to Palmer while the Seward-bound loaded coal train's three DP SD70s roll southbound in the background. The ARR P32 c... (more)

Long shadows are cast across downtown Seattle during the last minutes before sunset as the purple streetcar begins yet another trip to South Lake Union.

An elderly ARR boxcar wears the classic mineral brown paint and historic McKinley Park logo while the Chugach Mountains beyond do their best to mimic their far more famous cousin far to the north.... (more)

It's a tad eerie waiting in the underground Beacon Hill station, when no one is around and there's these weird looking sea creatures hanging from ceiling. It's also pretty quiet until a low whoos... (more)

Basking in the late evening Alaskan sunshine 1506, 1503 and 1517 rest at Anchorage Depot after arriving with #1 from Fairbanks in August 1985.

A works train comprising of vacuum-operated side dumps rests in the sun on the the Palmer Branch near Matanuska behind now faded Bicentennial liveried FP7s 1510 and 1512 in August 1985.

From left to right - BN's Pacific Zip, Amtrak #7 behind 538 and 532, Amtrak E8 332 off #793 and Amtrak #11 preparing to depart for Los Angeles. A little different perspective of the under-constru... (more)

What do you run through the depot just as #2 to Fairbanks is scheduled to depart? - about 100 cars of gravel! 1508, 1502 and 2402 sit awhile as their departure is delayed 10 minutes as 3011, 3016 ... (more)

A rather colorless background despite living in the Evergreen State. The colors have long since disappeared, replaced with the even hues of brown and dirt. Over the Emerald City, the sun and blue ... (more)

Alaska Railroad's Glacier Discovery has arrived Whittier and is seen next to one of the cruise ships that provides more than a few customers for the railroad. Seen on a glorious spring day. Plenty... (more)

Taking a mid-day rest. Three Sounder commuter rail trainsets warm up in a rare, weak winter sun. An Amtrak Horizon trainset is an unusual visitor as the Cascades trainsets have been problem free f... (more)

Three proud railroaders smile as they prepare to take an old friend on one final trip. While no one of these three individuals has as many years as 1948 vintage caboose built by PC&F, collectivel... (more)

You never know what you might find in the woods of Alaska. Normally you're excited to stumble upon a bear or moose (at safe distance of course) but you rarely expect to find an F-unit! Neverthel... (more)

Hawaii’s railroading beginnings are often credited to the Island of Kauai, whose first opened in 1881 on three miles of narrow-gauge track at the Kilauea Plantation to haul sugar cane. By 1915 the... (more)