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    This ones for you Bob! Mount Rainier railroad stalls on Tacoma hill, 2005.

  2. Yard Limit

    Amtrak 11, The Coast Starlight with CN Burrard

    The first day of Spring and it's Sunday in Tacoma, WA. Train number 11, the Amtrak Coast Starlight departs on time with Canadian National Burrard. The Burrard is named after Burrard Inlet, near CN's western terminus of Vancouver, BC. Sister car Bedford, was named for Bedford Basin, at the...
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    Seattle Sub - UP Trackage rights question

    Hello there, I was wondering if someone could explain to me how UP operates over the BNSF from Tukwila to Seattle and Northward? I believe i've seen UP trains going over Stevens Pass, but I might be mistaken. And if possible how UP leaves Tacoma and onto BNSF Southward? I'm curious how BNSF and...
  4. Heading to Ruth

    Heading to Ruth

    Chehalis steam train # 15 heading to the river with the first trip of the 2011 NRHS convention
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  5. 4449 runby

    4449 runby

    4449 does a runby at Easton, WA during the 2011 NRHS convention in Tacoma
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    • 4449 bnsf nrhs stampede tacoma
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    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  6. Yes, it rained THIS hard

    Yes, it rained THIS hard

    Taken during the 2011 NRHS convention in Tacoma, showing how dedicated a few of the fans could be, they rode all the way from Tacoma like this...
    • p51
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    • nrhs rainier tacoma
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  7. ...like ships in the night.

    ...like ships in the night.

    4449 passes a Cascades Talgo at Chehalis, WA, while returning to Portland after the 2011 NRHS convention in Tacoma
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    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  8. 4449 Heading Home

    4449 Heading Home

    4449 returns to Portland, going through Tenino, WA. Taken during the 2011 NRHS convention in Tacoma. I shot video at the same time, it can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjhyF0hj3E0
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    • 4449 bnsf nrhs tacoma
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    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  9. Ding, Ding, Ding

    Ding, Ding, Ding

    My ride south, Amtrak 507, arriving Tacoma, WA last Saturday after a fun day at Freight House Square. I rode up and back from Olympia-Lacey. Shot was taken behind the safety line.
    • Mascorailbuff
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    • amtrak cascades tacoma
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  10. Sluming, literally

    Sluming, literally

    MRSR's first public runs out Tacoma since 2007 had former NP E-9 on one end and former Paulson Logging # 70 at the other, fresh from a complete restoration. Lots of stack talk as 70 threads it's way through the debris in a cut near highway 7.
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    • mrsr rainer tacoma
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  11. F unit returns to the Tacoma Hill...

    F unit returns to the Tacoma Hill...

    MRSR's first public runs out Tacoma since 2007 had former NP E-9 on one end and former Paulson Logging # 70 at the other, fresh from a complete restoration.
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    • mrsr rainer tacoma
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  12. A Tacoma Starship

    A Tacoma Starship

    This color photo was modified using Photoshop. First I used the poster edge filter to distort the basic photo. Then I selected the photo minus the sky and placed it as a foreground on a NASA photo of a star cluster. The original photograph showed the GNP Reading 2100 doing trial runs up the...
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    • 2100 golden pacific rail reading tacoma
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    • Category: Railroad Art
  13. Westbound Bread For The World

    Westbound Bread For The World

    With BNSF 5915 plus two other ES44ACs in the lead,a westbound loaded grain train heads for the grain export terminals along Puget Sound at Seattle or Tacoma,WA.There were also three D9s mid-train and two D9s pushing on the rear.
    • Joe O
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    • es44ac export grain seattle tacoma train
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  14. Grabbing flimsies in 1992

    Grabbing flimsies in 1992

    A northbound BN intermodal grabs orders at Tacoma, WA. The last time I ever saw this happen.
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    • bn orders tacoma train
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  15. #500 at West Tacoma

    #500 at West Tacoma

    Amtk 500 heads north at West Tacoma.
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    • cascades puget sound tacoma west
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  16. Sounder at rest

    Sounder at rest

    Sound Transit F59PHI #905 waits patiently behind Tacoma's Freighthouse Square for Monday and the first commuter run of the Thanksgiving week.
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    • f59phi sound sounder tacoma transit
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Night Photos
  17. Coming Off the TMBL Lakeview Line

    Coming Off the TMBL Lakeview Line

    TMBL 3802 leads a short southbound manifest off the Tacoma Rail Lakeview Line headed for the BNSF Seattle Sub at Nisqually,WA to continue its run to East Olympia,WA
    • Joe O
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    • lakeview line nisqually rail tacoma wa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Western United States
  18. UP Meet

    UP Meet

    UP SD70Ace #8428 leads a stack train Norhtbound towards the green, while a Southbound waits in the distant siding.
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    • sd70ace tacoma up
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    • Category: Western United States
  19. Working the Belmore Line.

    Working the Belmore Line.

    TMBL 4001 (Tacoma Rail) working it's Capital Division Belmore line at East Olympia,WA
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    • east olympia rail tacoma wa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  20. BNSF #8724 at D St. in Tacoma, Washington

    BNSF #8724 at D St. in Tacoma, Washington

    Former Santa Fe GP60 is leading an autorack train south on the Seattle Subdivision from "D" St. crossing.. Now, "D" St. has been converted from a crossing to an overpass.. Interesting to have a standard cab and wide cab GP60 as sole power..
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    • #8724 and autorack bnsf fe gp60 gp60m santa seattle subdivision tacoma train washington
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States



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