Harbor Island, Seattle.

Cooling their heels (or should it be "wheels"?) after the morning commuter rush are a pair of Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority's "Sounder" trains. The trainset o... (more)

Between December 1955 and April 1958, Great Northern purchased thirty-two 700 series EMD GP9s for assignment west of Havre, Montana (Lines West), where thier dynamic brakes were put to good use.... (more)

CN 8945 glides along the Puget Sound on a clear August morning.

Northbound Union Pacific SD70M No.4744 leads covered hoppers over Salmon Bay on BNSF Bridge No. 4.The single leaf bascule bridge carries the BNSF mainline north and south. The ship Coastal Trader ... (more)

The yellow sign reads, Radio controlled locomotives operate in this area. Crewless BNSF no.2684 with a movement of empty gondolas for the East marginal Yard in the Seattle Industrial area.

Great Northern F3A-B 354C at Seattle's King Street Station in September 1963. Photo from my collection, no photographer's name listed

One of Amtrak's new 50th anniversary Heritage Units no. #161 sits in Amtrak's Holgate Street Yard after bringing the northbound Coast Starlight out of LA the night before.

Southbound train rolls through Carkeek Park

A southbound Monorail begins its short journey to downtown Seattle, as seen from the top of the Space Needle.

Sitting beside the diesel shops in Burlington Northern’s Interbay Yard is BN E8A 9947. As should be evident from its silver and stainless steel appearance, this locomotive is a former Chicago B... (more)

Two BNSF engines switch grain cars along the Olympic Sculpture Park on a chilly, but sunny, morning in Seattle.

One damp evening in February 1975 a colorful group of F units gathered at the turntable at BN's Seattle Interbay roundhouse. Former GN F45s, BN 6006 and 6000 mate up, flanked by Amtrak SDP40F (ear... (more)

GN SW8 no. 98 shows only one hint of BN ownership, the patched out GN initials to the left of the headlight. Interestingly, BN shop crews did not bother to letter BN initials in its place. Another... (more)

I was a newcomer to Seattle in summer 1974, and a GN fan. What a pleasant surprise it was to come across GN 98, an SW8 built a few weeks after I was born, in June 1951, still wearing its GN number... (more)