McCloud River Railway #18, now in tourist service on the Virginia & Truckee crosses a fill in the hills above Silver City.

UP #844 leads the Frontier Days Special into Cheyenne.

Polson Logging Co. #70 takes another trainload of passengers around the balloon track in Mineral on the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad. The track in the foreground is the the main track to Morton.

Sierra Railway #3 looks good at 121 years old thanks to a recent rebuild and the constant maintenance of the volunteers at Railtown 1897. The vintage locomotive is seen here rolling through Califo... (more)

Union Pacific #6018 splits the signals at MP 176.8 with a westbound auto rack train.

McCloud River Railway #18, a former logger now hauling tourists on the reconstructed Virginia & Truckee, is seen here clinging to the hillside above Mound House. The train must climb 900 feet in e... (more)

Polson #70 crosses the Nisqually River Bridge with the afternoon Barbeque Train on the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad.

Northern Pacific #7012A, now owned by the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad, joined Polson Logging Co. #70 on an excursion to Tacoma for the opening of the LeMay Auto Museum. Here the locomotive is seen... (more)

Columbia & Cowlitz #308 leads an empty trash train downhill from Headquarters. In just two months the classic Weyerhaeuser switchers would be replaced by Geeps in the generic Patriot Rail scheme.

Four locomotive whistle blow. From left to right: Rayonier #2, Kinzua Pine Mill & Lumber #102, Polson #70, and Hillcrest #10 partake in a simultaneous whistle blow on the Mt. Rainier Sceni... (more)

Rayonier #2 climbs the S-Curves north of Mineral with an empty log train. Photo taken on a Martin Hansen photo charter.

NP #7012A leads the second excursion of the day down the Tacoma Hill. The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad brought #7012 and Polson #70 to Tacoma to celebrate the grand opening of the LeMay Auto Muse... (more)

BNSF #4422 cruises along the Puget Sound on a rare sunny day in the Pacific Northwest winter.

The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad, one of only seven in North America capable of steaming up four locomotives at once, put on a great show coupling all four together for runbys. Here the locomotiv... (more)

Polson #70, one of the countless Baldwin logging mikados that used to roam the woods of the Northwest, is one of a handful still operating. After an extensive, multi-year overhaul #70 returned to ... (more)