A welcome change of pace after seeing mainly dash nines on this stretch of rail. This "work train", two units and a ballast car, returns westbound after a morning detail at Merritt. They will cr... (more)

The Builder is crossing the Nason Creek Trestle as passengers are waking to a beautiful sunrise in the Cascade Mountains. In a few minutes they will be treated to the darkness of the 8 mile long ... (more)

A Bird's eye view from Powerline Hill of a westbound stacker rolling onto the deck of the Nason Creek (Gaynor) Trestle.

In the middle of the Cascade Mountains an H-1 locomotive steps out onto the Nason Creek Trestle making its way to Puget Sound with a train of double-stacks and trailers.

UP heading south between Winlock and Vader in Southwest Washington.

A manifest southbound passes MP 68 at the top of Napavine Hill.

The mid-day job emerges cab forward out of the forest about 2 miles out from its return destination in Shelton.

A cloud layer drapes over the top of Rock Mountain in the middle of the Cascade Mountains while a morning Z train drifts downhill through Gaynor.

After losing comm on the mid train and rear DPUs and sitting at Winton for several hours, this loaded grainer finally is on the move up the hill again. A cloud of smoke accompanies the 4991's exi... (more)

In the first month of resuming normal operations after a line closure the mid-day log train nears Mill 5 at the end of the line. The 1201 is on the end of the train as a helper coupled behind two... (more)

The Coast Starlight passes through a section of the Rocky Prairie Natural Area near Plumb in SE Thurston County, WA while into the first hours of its trip south to L.A.

Golden scotch broom, evergreens and shimmering exhaust frame the lead of this south bound freight moving through a section of the Rocky Prairie Natural Area near Waldrick RD in SE Thurston County,... (more)

A lookout on the old highway above Memaloose State Park provides the overhead view of a vehicle train on the fill next to I-84. Across the Columbia River is the town of Lyle.

A grain train passes through the town of Lyle (Adams) and will cross the Klickitat River bridge on its way westbound along the Columbia River on April Fools Day afternoon. ST RT 14 can be seen ab... (more)

The 634 is on a west bound pulling hard up the 2.2 grade at the foot of Gaynor in the Cascade Mountains east of Stevens Pass on a rainy afternoon.