Western Railroad Discussion > "It's the Toooooow Mater"

Amtrak train #507, with a series 8 Talgo Set and the "Tow-Mater" leading, is about to pass my location at the now gated and locked access road known as the "Farmers Crossing" (between Puyallup, WA and Tacoma, WA) with not only Mt. Rainier towering behind, but the engineer throwing up a "Deuces Playa" on 4/3/17. Amtrak P42DC #73 is shoving with all of its might to get back up to track speed after the speed restricted curve it just traversed.

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Nice. So the locked gate is at the start of the access road?

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Yes Ted. Just park at the Bar at the end of the road and "hike" in the football field length.

That is a really nice photo, Drew. Mount Rainier looks gorgeous! (I like that part f your shot a lot! VERY nice photos of the train -- but that "Mater" thing just looks odd to me. I know -- I gotta get used to 'em, but that'll take time.

Lovely photo. And with it, you've almost nearly kind of made the Misshapen Bread Loaf seem close to not really all that awfully bad. In a way, more or less. :-)

Seriously, a fine image!

~ BZ

Nice! That's either gorgeous photography of the mountain with a train in it, or it's the other way around!
(Maybe it's both... ;^)

Lance

Unattractive subject but photo 2 is really nice, thanks for sharing...

Posted from Android

Glad they remembered the curve this time. Phew

Posted from iPhone

Nice pics!!