Hot day for a hot train! Belching tons of heat and exhaust in the surrounding 90F+ day, BNSF 5415 struggles at a walking pace up the eastern flanks of Stevens Pass. Fellow photographer more)

The old ways are the best ways. With opening a little more than a month away, Sound Transit shuts down the new line for a day of track repairs and leveling. The vehicles traveling down this... (more)

Something here looks out of place... I just can't quite put my finger on it. GEVO on the lead, manifest, lots of locomotives. WAIT! What is that second unit? Holy crap it's an SD40-2! Haven... (more)

Looking down on the S-curves around Santa Fe Fire Road, a big BNSF stacker eases itself down the steep grades of El Cajon Pass. With two on the front, and two on the rear, it'll make it safely dow... (more)

Washington State University! Pausing at UP Junction, James the engineer waits for the go ahead signal from his conductor, who is securing the Kamiaken Street crossing. Having started school... (more)

Weed Running! Looking more like pavement made of weeds, the Bridge Test Train pulls the last load of intermondal cars out from the Colfax branch.

Sufficient clearance. Long ago, on the little siding of Risbeck, an elevator stood tall in the valley; loading grain from nearby farmers for export to far away nations. Little pieces of sti... (more)

The last trip down the line Looking down the end of the line, only a few thousand track feet to the end of the former Pullman-Colfax line. Coming to a halt, the FP9 becomes the final locomo... (more)

Colorless color The last big snow up on the hill yielded many feet of the white stuff. Two light sets of locomotives meet at Winton. I hope everyone is ready for the big snows this winter!

Emerging from under Flower Street, a three-car Blue Line train heads south towards Long Beach. In the background, the bus parade begins as weary office workers head home for the evening.

A first since Amtrak was born! All cleaned and polished, the 04' leads The Washington & Idaho VIP passenger special between Plaza and Marshall, making it the first passenger train on the li... (more)

Build in 1889, Bridge 85.54, one of the many bridges between Pullman and Colfax, has seen more history than our parents. It's 111 year railroading history is coming to an end as the last train pre... (more)

Requiring great strength, the Cable Car's Gripman swings the big levers to carefully grip the underground power supply to move the little streetcar into the Embarcadero Station.

At the end of the tracks for a very special, historic train, the hard-working crew of the Washington and Idaho Railway take a quick break together. From left to right: James, Joel, Stan, Sarah, an... (more)

At the south end of the classic F line along the Embarcadero, one of the many SF MUNI PCC cars takes a break.