Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Approaching the station



A Sounder commuter is on its afternoon run from Seattle to Tacoma about to make its first stop at the Tukwila Station near the Southcenter Mall on a beautiful spring day in 2015.

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Waiting in the sun...



A Sounder commuter train sits in the afternoon sun  at King Street Station waiting to depart on its run from Seattle to Tacoma on a beautiful spring day in 2015 led by an EMD F59PHI.

Monday, April 22, 2019

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Monday, April 15, 2019

The railroad is gone but the station still stands...



The former Chicago Great Western depot in Elma, Iowa was turned into a museum after the railroad was abandoned by the Chicago North Western Railroad that had taken over the CGW in a merger.

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Awaiting its fate...



A Waterloo Apartment building that has sat abandoned is awaiting its final fate as the bulldozers will soon demolish it.

Monday, April 8, 2019

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Is that enough horsepower?



A pair of Iowa Northern MP2000D locomotives have no shortage of horsepower pulling a pair of cars along Canadian National tracks in north Waterloo, Iowa. The locomotives have been in storage for more than 2 years due to their cost of operation but a locomotive shortage forced Iowa Northern to put them back in service.