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).

Along a lonely seemingly unnamed road near I-25, I waited for the arrival of this southbound Rail Runner train. All the while keeping an eye out for critters with ill intent on their little minds.

An important goal of my trip to the Cumbres and Toltec for Rotary Snowplow event, was to catch some of the semaphores before they disappeared. Of course that means the Southwest Chief is the only... (more)

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)

With it's namesake mountains behind the camera, Cascades 505 crosses Bridge 14 at a very low tide, with Mt Rainier out of sight of the train's passengers, but in plane (err drone) view from this v... (more)

Steam powered rotary snowplow OY is pushing through some of the larger drifts on it's way to the Colorado/New Mexico border, where the days work will end. Hardly a soul around to see this extrav... (more)

St Maries RR on the way home from Plummer, crossing Lake Benewah on the former Milwaukee Road line, with former Milwaukee Road locomotives.

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)

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)

This train is just starting to pickup speed after making a crew change a half mile back at CP Nisqually. The last crew pulled the train out Joint Base Lewis-McChord and brought it down to the Lak... (more)

A Seattle bound grain train rolls through a golden sunset at Steilacoom, WA

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).

So much good stuff in this shot, where to begin? I’ll start with the commuter train. Well two actually. SDRX 923 is on the point of Sounder 1517 (maybe 1515), while midway back is train 1511, w... (more)