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I was wandering around in eastern Washington and stumbled upon this old bridge just south of Rosalia (site of Steptoe Battlefield of 1858). I set up my camera to photograph in "sepia tone" and was delighted when this old car drove into my picture. There must have been some...

An old building adjacent to the old GN yard in Spokane.

Harold Borovec at the throttle switching in Chehalis.

CC&C #15 is backing its train toward the depot at Chehalis.

The Ballard Terminal Railroad has ten empties en route to the BNSF interchange. It is temporarily halted by an automobile parked too close to the tracks.

Steam double header from Tacoma to Everett and back.

In the middle of switching with over 50 cars on the line.

BDTL 98 is arriving at the interchange with the last reefer from Western Pioneer containing frozen fish bound for the U.S. East Coast. Western Pioneer shut down their shipping operations between Seattle and the Aleutians.

Former Milwaukee Road #36A is photographed just outside the Balmer Yard office at Interbay (Seattle). This locomotive was formerly engaged in Chicagoland commuter service. During the summer of 2006, it was also part of the fleet of the Golden Pacific Railroad (along with the former Reading T-1...

The event was the first public excursion involving the recently refurbished Rayonier #2. This shot, taken from the cab of Hammond Lumber Co. #17, shows the #2 heading down to couple onto its train for a double header excursion up to Divide.

Self-explanatory. Stuff happens. None of us are immune.

After being re-railed for the second time, the former Reading 2100 is back on its way to the Tacoma Rail shops prior to its movement to Eastern Washington. In this photo, it is being towed by Tacoma Rail at very slow speed - but the effect is nice.

Looking south from the Ballard Bridge a few years ago.