A break in the Autumn rains of the Puget Sound area, gives way to a decent sunset, while UP's empty garbage train heads back to Seattle for a refill.

BNSF 1454 leads job 360 south over bridge 14 during golden hour.

With the second and third Tacoma Narrows Bridges looming in the distance, an afternoon Cascades skirts the shores of Puget Sound. Within the next few weeks, all Amtrak traffic should be re-routed... (more)

An impressive amount of Union Pacific power leads a train past Titlow Park in Tacoma Washington.

A southbound Chehalis and Western train crosses the famous Tacoma Trestle in Tacoma Washington.

A tremendous sunset goes largely unseen by the crew of this northbound BNSF freight, holding at CP 21st St.

"Please Pass the Grain" At Ruston (Tacoma) Amtrak Cascades train 505 steps by a grain train which was waiting for a spot at the TEMCO facility. Mount Rainier in the distance.

TMBL 1526, one of Tacoma Rails new (rebuilt) MP15AC's in the new paint scheme, has got a hold of about 1500' of double stacks, pulled from the North Intermodal Yard (NIM yard).

While the new locomotive bugs are being shaken out of TR 1525, the 1526 teemed up with it's older stablemate 1522 to drag a long cut of cars to the BNSF Tacoma yard. On the way back home, the tw... (more)

Tacoma Rail's 1525 and 1526, a pair of rebuilt MP15ACs in the latest paint scheme, take a breather after their first full day of work. Haven't heard yet how the crews like them, but they looked g... (more)

TR 1525 has joined it's stable mate in crossing the street from the now defunct Progress Rail Tacoma. The last product to leave that Progress Rail Facility (formerly CEECO), it will soon be put t... (more)

Tacoma Rail's newest locomotive in the latest paint scheme has been delivered by Progress Rail. The unit was given a little bit of a workout, dragging the TR 2200 around the yard a bit, and was ... (more)

The caboose of a southbound Chehalis and Western train crosses an old Milwaukee Road railroad bridge in Tacoma, Washington.

Tacoma Rail's Hill Job (103) is on it's way home from Fredrickson and a portion of the former Milwaukee Road mainline. To do so, they must cross the BNSF and UP tracks and the Puyallup river over... (more)

Tacoma Rail's Hill Job is headed back home, crossing the Sounder Trestle (former location of Milwaukee S Curve trestle). This time in the company of two Sounder trains (one dead in tow).