An assortment of paint schemes inhabits stalls at BN's roundhouse at Interbay Yard. Workmen here use the turntable not only for access to the roundhouse, but also to turn power headed south to Por... (more)

On Sunday, July 2, 2017, Amtrak Cascades train #506 derailed just south of Tacoma, WA. F59PHI #467 and a new Series 8 Talgo, the "Mt. Jefferson" were damaged. At the time of this photo, ... (more)

The Seattle & North Coast RR was a short-lived (1980-1984) shortline that operated former Milwaukee Road trackage on Washington's Olympic Penninsula, with a carfloat connection to the rest of the ... (more)

White Pass & Yukon Route #90 being moved to the Port of Tacoma after being rebuilt at CEECO in Tacoma in 2009. The #90 had to be transported from CEECO to the Port on a home made flatbed.

The Coastal Transportation Company Frozen Fish Handling Terminal in Seattle uses a Plymouth ML-8 switcher to move refrigerated rail cars. The company use a fleet of ships to move frozen fish and o... (more)

Amtrak 517, Cascades service from Vancouver to Seattle, cruises along the Bellingham waterfront on its way to Fairhaven Station at sunset.

A lengthy lumber train off the barge in Seward rolls along the shores of Turnagain Arm and into the setting sun on a fantastic late winter's day. Although it is winter in this scene there is still... (more)

Doyle McCormack's beautifully restored Nickel Plate PA1 actually began life as a Santa Fe unit, then served under the Delaware & Hudson and the NdeM. She is now proud blue and white (with table an... (more)

On a fine spring morning in the Klamath Basin, OC&E's Bly Turn heads east.

As the Gilchrist family prepared to sell the Gilchrist Timber Company, some excess assets were liquidated. The KNOR's 70-tonner was sold to Modesto & Empire Traction. When the locomotive was deliv... (more)

The golden hour has set as Amtrak Train 516 heads north to Vancouver, BC after meeting a southbound container train.

Amtrak Cascade Non-Powered Control Unit (NPCU) 90252 at the Portland Union Station

The first two Amtrak Cascades Chargers to arrive in the Pacific Northwest, #1400 and 1403.

Winters Last Gasp

Near the very end of March Southcentral Alaska got hit with its last good snow dump of the winter season. Nearly a foot fell in some places and the fresh afternoon... (more)

An 80 ton GE center cab switcher, sits in the yard, in Fairbanks. This and one other center cab locomotive, were purchased from the US Army in Bayone, NJ, and were delivered in Fairbanks, in Janua... (more)