Grain empties race across Bridge 14 along the Puget Sound on a gorgeous Summer evening.

On a recent day of almost no rain, the LVJEVE has finished its work in Tacoma and is headed to Auburn to tie down to await a relief crew. The LVJ trains commonly have SD75 power but this one has ... (more)

Tacoma Rail 7001 leads the Tacoma Rail Hill Job up the 3.8% Grade at 43rd Street with all units screaming in run 8. The Milwaukee Road PCE mainline to Portland once ruled the grade, since 1980 own... (more)

An empty westbound garbage train approaches a crew change at Vancouver, Washingon.

A westbound rolls through suburban Vancouver, Washingon. The crew will finish their trip from Pasco in another nine miles, at BNSF's terminal downtown.

Finally got me a Pepsi can!

An inland view of the EGT Grain Facility were "earth worms" go to transform. Their are four tracks that squeeze down to two at the unloading building. Of the three trains in the shot, one (wrap... (more)

Tacoma Rail 7001 leads the Tacoma Rail Hill Job up the 3.8% Grade at 46th Street. The Milwaukee Road PCE mainline to Portland once ruled the grade, since 1980 ownership has belonged to Chehalis We... (more)

Business car Columbia River was assigned to Seattle in the early 1980s and when not being used found its home on a stub track at King St. Station. The station served Amtrak and now also serves Sou... (more)

On a cold winter afternoon, BNSF 7746 leads a southbound Vancouver, BC to Vancouver, WA manifest through Bellingham, WA on December 30th, 2021.

With 3-4 inches of snow on the ground and more to come, the BNSF Tacoma yard has different look about it. With local 251 working from the west end, a grain train is tied to down at the east end ... (more)

With the temperature hovering just above 40 degrees this morning, a dramatic display of steam power unfolds as SP 4449 departs the Oregon Rail Heritage Center for a run south down the Oregon Pacif... (more)

As SP 4449 simmers in the cold, December air, a light rail vehicle passes by overhead. I wonder if anyone aboard noticed the 80-year-old steam locomotive below them.

The Southern Pacific Heritage Unit leads a stack train passed the massive Temco Grain Elevator along the Tacoma Waterfront.

The Southern Pacific Heritage Unit leads a very worn AC4400 along the Puget Sound.