A southbound Amtrak Cascades departs Tacoma, WA.
With Amtrak 112 in the lead, southbound Cascades 510 passes through Titlow Beach near Tacoma, WA. In the background you can see the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
BNSF 4566 pulls a mixed freight southbound under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Ride the Wave... The brilliant sun beams at dawn on a winter morning turn the blue waves adorning the flanks of Sounder's passenger cars into a shimmering stream of liquid gold. There may... (more)
I'm tooling around Tacoma after fixing the "little trains" only to realize I've seriously misjudged the sunset. I should be at Steilacoom, but that's a half hour away. Where, where can I go to c... (more)
Newly painted and looking good. It seemed the west was the hideout of the GEs in those days.
Early version, small tank, standard dynamic brakes awaits its next call a the engine facility.
Milwaukee Road power for the run up and over Tacoma Hill sits at Tacoma's Tideflats Yard.
These were the denizens of the dying end of the vine.
This old unit looks pretty good compared to the other Fs sitting around.
The 12 cylinder 645 engine instead of the usual 16 results in a big distance between the air intake and the cab on these units.
Stack train passes the Grain load-out at Tacoma.
Fairly early production example of this type.
SUPPLANTED FAIRLY EARLY BY THE UGLY DUCKLING SW-1001 THESE ARE RATHER UNCOMMON.