This is what mountian railroading is all about!

A vehicle train heads eastward after coming down from Stevens Pass.

All 3 BNSF paint schemes shown off here.

To quote an engineer: "Ive heard of ripping a drawbar before, but never I have never heard of ripping the whole a*s off before!" 2703 was pulling up Stevens Pass when it started to surge then the... (more)

The shortest Amtrak Cascads trainset, made by Talgo in Spain, waits to someday be used in service. The purpose of this trainset is for spare parts, as it includes a Bistro, baggage, and generator... (more)

Amtrak 469 shows off its new paint scheme and numberboards. Northbound to Bellingham from Seattle

An old friend heads south with 4 slaves hualing a little piece of Canada with it. Sorry, folks, Washington has more than just one mountian; Mt. Rainer. In the background stands Mt Baker at 10781... (more)

Finally, the Amtrak was late enough so I could get a ferry in the dock! The M/V Spokane unloads as the Cascades accelerates southward. Sadly, my old vantage point "high above" Edmonds has been o... (more)

The interior of the dining car on the Amtrak Cascades Mt. Olympis trainset made by Talgo (Spain). On Seattle-South trains, its open for anyone to go into, but on Seattle-North trains its used for... (more)

A busy Saturday in Portland as a Hillsboro-bound MAX zips through downtown.

UP 5155 backs up with 2 other SD70M's onto the Steel Bridge in Portland

The Cascade restarts its journey after stopping in Edmonds.

The Mariners "Home Run Service" unit pushes the northbound Sounder out of Edmonds. I could never figure, ST has about 10 F59's, WHY couldnt they have one in both M's and Seahawks and not have rep... (more)

This one goes in the "cool flat car load" category. A unit pipe train waits in the pouring rain

How many times in your railfanning life can you get an entire train in one frame? The Anacortes local heads back to Seattle w/ BN caboose 12623 on the rear.