Union Pacific No. 6213 rolls its northbound set of containers along Ruston Way to the Port of Tacoma. Ruston Way is a favorite of tourists with its restaurants and Hotels and train watching

Union Pacific AC4400CW No. 6910 rolls its southbound train of 7 engines and string of empty hoppers along Ruston Way, a favorite of tourists with its restaurants and Hotels.

Leaving Tacoma and rolling along the Seattle Sub, BNSF C44-9W No. 5063 hauls the Infamous Garbage Train from Seattle to an inland landfill area.

A work train with ES44AC no. 7996 leading, rolls along Ruston St. and the Waterfront on the way back to the Tacoma Yard.

BNSF C44-9W No. 5437 is fired up, the switch is aligned and ready to leave the engine house after being serviced. It's a full house today at the port of Tacoma.

Northbound BNSF ES44C4, No.6844 passes under the 11. St bridge in the background and rolls underneath the freeway as it enters the Yard in Tacoma.

BNSF 8384 Leads a Everett to Spokane Manifest into Titlow on the BNSF Railways Seattle Subdivision

BNSF 9650 in the 'Executive' paint scheme holds lead unit in this consist of classic BNSF and novelty EMD power bringing train H-PASEVE into Tacoma, as it meets grain shuttle operations at the Tem... (more)

BN 1882 and 1874 sit side by side between assignments at the engine tracks at Tacoma, WA. Both are of NP heritage and feature steam bells on the short hoods, an NP signature.

Tacoma Municipal Belt line Alco S4 930 is down for truck work at the roads shop in Tacoma on a rare sunny day in the fall of 1977

A Portland, OR bound UP freight out of Seattle exits Milwaukee Road trackage at Tacoma Jct. for a short hop across the Puyallup River into UP's Tacoma yard on its own trackage. When it leaves the ... (more)

The end of a rainy day, brings a rainbow and a bit of sun to the Puget Sound area. Not missed by rail crews, it was a topic of discussion over the radio. Here a Tacoma Rail job keeps working w... (more)

Union Pacific's OSEGL trash train heads south through Titlow Beach on a late summer evening.

BNSF 277 leads the southbound Everett to Roosevelt trash train south out of CP Ruston and into Nelson Bennett Tunnel.

A very rare scene that won't be seen again! Tacoma Rails Hill Job or Job 101, the train to Fredrickson WA is now an entry in the history books. Tacoma Rails Mountain Division over the former Mi... (more)