Having never lived near a large body of water before, I had no direct experience with how awe-inspiring sunsets in such regions could be. Shortly after moving to the Seattle area, I found out in ... (more)

After meeting the Empire Builder at Monroe, an empty Roberts Bank coal train returning to the PRB assaults the Casca... (more)

A MAX Blue/Red Line train pops out of the tunnel under Sunset Highway and arrives at the aptly-named Sunset Transit Center as the sun's last rays cast a pink tint on the scattered clouds. At the ... (more)

At first light on an autumn morning, a long and heavy eastbound stack train grinds up the 0.7% grade at Essig siding, handicapped by the third SD40-2 being offline. (Credit where it's due: A phot... (more)

The summer of 2005 was magical for me: I had recently graduated college, I was making my own way in the world, I had just begun shooting digital, and a power-short Indiana Southern Railroad had f... (more)

One of CP's Christmas Train units departs Wells siding in the scablands of eastern Washington on UP's Ayer Sub late on a summer afternoon. The 4-3/4" superelevation of the outside rail in the 2-d... (more)

A hazy autumn morning finds TP&W 4052 leading three ISRR Geeps and a slug southbound past the Somerville North Mine loadout with coal loads bound for Warrick Power Plant at Yankeetown, IN.

Spring time in Chelan County, Washington, means the apple trees will soon be in bloom. An eastbound stack train assembled at the Port of Seattle follows the Wenatchee River out of the Cascade Mou... (more)

Early on a sunny summer morning, eastbound S-SEACHC1-07A is nearing the end of its climb from the bank of the Columbia River to the top of the plateau at Quincy. The signals the head end has just... (more)

Every photo is supposed to have a story that goes with it, and this one is about an everyday event that didn't quite unfold as it normally does. // One warm summer evening, BNSF's daily garbage... (more)

Two-for-one: As an empty potash train soars high over the Snake River on UP's Joso Bridge, the Great Northwest Railroad's turn from Lewiston to Ayer approaches Ayer Jct. on the Riparia Sub. This... (more)

Following the gentle grade of the Yakima River, an eastbound empty grain train is just about to enter the twisting canyon that lies between Cle Elum and Ellensburg on BNSF's Stampede Sub. Across ... (more)

A loaded coal train from Buckskin Mine destined for Portland General Electric's Boardman Coal Plant in Oregon rumbles across the 3,920' Joso Bridge, spanning the Snake River at Lyons Ferry Park. ... (more)

On Independence Day 2007, a friend gave me a heads-up that the GrandLuxe train was working its way westward across Washington. Figuring on a mid-afternoon arrival in Everett, I headed to Harborvi... (more)

I had scouted this shot three days earlier on this trip to BC, but overcast skies prevented a successful execution until late in my last morning north of the border. Yet another empty coal train ... (more)