The 20 minute late #11 pops out of the tunnel. The odd thing about this consist was there was no baggage car. There wasn't even a coach/baggage car! The transition sleeper looks like it has bee... (more)

Tacoma Link under dark clouds. Yes this is how Tacoma looked that afternoon

Tacoma Link during Trial and Test Runs

Northbound

This BN Green GP38-2 emerges from the tunnel on this snowy day. The switch about 1/4 mile behind me froze, so all Main 2 traffic had to wait for the forman to fix it.

Amtrak Cascades Talgo #507 pops out of the tunnel on a cold afternoon.

The late 506 speeds up the Puget Sound with an unusual power consist; Two F59PHI's and no NPCU. To top it off, they were both silver/blue California units! Trailing unit is Amtrak 465.

A UP Z train rounds the curve with a pair of SD70M's and a lone C44-9W.

The 20 minute late 506 highballs out of the Tacoma depot, scaring off some seagulls in the process.

U36Cs 5803 and 5802 back Portland bound train to Fife to go up Tacoma hill.

The almost hour late Amtrak Cascades Talgo #507 pops out of the south portal of the Nelson Bennett Tunnel that runs under North Tacoma.

The 10 minute late Coast Starlight speeding down the banks of the Puget Sound. The Narrows Marina and a glimpse of the Narrows Bridge are in the background.

A Milwaukee GP38-2 takes a break in the roundhouse. Unit was later Soo 4515. Kodak ISO 200 print, Leica M-3, Summicron 50mm f2.

These are the Milwaukee Road F-unit/slug sets known as "Mr. Clean's locomotives" from the March, 1978 TRAINS magazine article. For service on the 3.6% grade out of Tacoma, WA. Kodak ISO 200 prin... (more)

Milwaukee Road Bicentennial unit. Unit was sold to Mexico and became NdeM 13022, later TFM 1419. Kodak ISO 200 print, Leica M-3, Summicron 50mm f2.