The sounds of the flag flapping in the wind and traffic rushing by on the nearby freeway are all that can be heard this dreary Saturday afternoon at BNSF's Tacoma yard. Not a wheel has turned and... (more)

The power for an eastbound (via Stampede Pass) empty grain train heads out of Tacoma Yard, down around the curve to East 21st Street and it's train parked at TEMCO.

The aftermath of a brilliant idea. A 23 year old man tried some sort of stunt on a dirt bike involving jumping an embankment on to or over the BNSF main lines. Resulting in critical injuries an... (more)

A Tale of Two Heralds... Undoubtedly, those involved in the Railroading avocation who have ever visited Tacoma are well aware of the Milwaukee heralds (on the left) that adorn a plate gird... (more)

Most days of the week you can find UP's switch job working the tideflats district of Tacoma. Headquartered in Fife, the crew works their way through Bullfrog Junction, crosses over the Puyallup... (more)

This little unit is a mystery. Nice re-engining job, left it with some dignity and really nice tall stack but I'm not sure of its origins. It was apparently 703 somewhere.

Garbage Riders!

I'm heading into Tacoma to work on the little trains of the PSMRE and I hear over the radio the crew of the EVEROO asking for the Tacoma yardmaster to train his cam... (more)

If you want to set out to make a Dispatchers night "interesting", one sure way is to set a bunch of ties on fire. The crew of this Loram rail grinder has got just the tool for the job. The nigh... (more)

Union Pacific 4699 blast under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on a sunny afternoon.

After a weekend of rain & clouds we are treated to a full week of beautiful weather and taking the main stage would have to be Mt. Rainier. Showing us while Trains are very big, some things are ju... (more)

Both of these locos were sitting at CEECO (Coast Engine and Equipment Company) for a few years. When CEECO ceased operations last summer they were brought to the Tacoma yard only about a mile away... (more)

Trains are big, somethings are bigger, much bigger. It's low tide on the Puget Sound, providing an opportunity to walk along the water and under the Tacoma Narrows Bridges, where the leader of a ... (more)

Union Station Tacoma, once the center of passenger operations for the NP and the GN, it's now a Federal Courthouse. Saved from the wrecking ball in the 1980's, it has since served as the inspira... (more)

Almost to the Pot of Gold