Michael Sullivan talked about how the arrival of the transcontinental railway to Tacoma, Washington, shaped the small, Pacific Northwest town. In 1873, the Northern Pacific Railroad decided to ...

Russell Holter talked about his book [Rails to Paradise: the History of the Tacoma Eastern Railroad 1890 -1919], in which he traces the history of the Tacoma Eastern Railroad and its impact on the ...

The Port of Tacoma’s chief executive officer , John Wolfe, Wednesday was on a pilgrimage to Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC’s Fort Worth, Texas, headquarters with a critical mission to ...

150 years ago the Northern Pacific Railroad snubbed Seattle and selected Tacoma as the terminus for its transcontinental line. #k5evening To stream KING 5 on your phone, you need the KING 5 app ...

TACOMA, Wash. -- The City of Tacoma and BNSF Railway are finalizing a $300,000 safety upgrade to a railroad crossing where two people died one year apart.The project will transform the crossing at ...