While the Talgo sets underwent emergency repairs, the Amfleet and Horizons dominated the Cascades Corridor for a few weeks. This is a photo angle that one could legally get only once a year, durin... (more)
An ex-SP&S RS3 is joined by a new U33C at BN's Portland roundhouse.
It's been a while since I posted a recent pic of the newest paintjob on the 231. I last posted one of it in tomato red, so here's the orange, black, silver, and pinstripes! An amazing rainbow came... (more)
An Amtrak Cascades substitution train races through an early morning fog in North Portland.
Waiting for the Steel Bridge alongside the recently arrived Empire Builder.
One of the Talgo sets split the consist down tracks 2 and 3. The train brought down the tall historic speaker tower (look at Union Station photos older than this date) and bumped up against the st... (more)
Amtrak F59 #468 hit a car earlier in the day, and was able to continue from Olympia to Portland. Upon further inspection, it could not return to Seattle on this train. BNSF 8018 was added to the p... (more)
A winter day aboard an eastbound Blue Line MAX, downtown Portland. Taken with Nikon 10.5mm DX fisheye.
Ready to leave Portland for Seattle, it is one of the daily trains run by the UP, SP&S, and NP in the last months before Amtrak fell upon us.
SP 4449 is about to split some signals as it makes its way through the Deshutes canyon.
GS-4 American Freedom Colors
