It is very blustery, very cold, but very nice outside as a westbound BNSF manifest train rolled through Edmonds.

Under a very breezy, cold, but a beautiful Monday morning, Amtrak Cascades Train #513 makes their usual station stop at Edmonds.

A relatively large number of passengers (by Edmonds standards) waited for the arrival of train #513. The train was sold out and there is a particular reasoning for this. Almost a majority of passe... (more)

The southbound Manifest train continue south through Howarth Park in Everett under the patches of sunlight. This was taken onboard the Mukilteo-Clinton ferry.

Amtrak Cascades Train #513 running on schedule as usual.

Although the Silver Solarium observation dome and Silver Lariat dome car are far from the beaten path of the Califormia Zephyr route, both cars looked really nice with the Amtrak super dome car as... (more)

The conductor provided the engineer a box lunch for them to eat while they were stopped at Scenic for the Cascade Tunnel to flush the smoke.

The Leavenworth Snow Train getting ready to highball out of Scenic with a clear block into the Cascade Tunnel.

The Leavenworth Snow Train continuing eastbound through the town of Skykomish with a friendly crew.

The Leavenworth Snow Train stopped at East Scenic for the Cascade Tunnel to flush the smoke.

As the snow continue to fall in a very quiet town of Index, the silence was interrupted by a ambient sound of the train horn and the engines running near full throttle as this eastbound J-train ro... (more)

Continuing south to Seattle.

Making good timing as usual.

Westbound Z Train stopped at MP 18 due to the crew talking with dispatch about a mix up with a Form B Restriction ahead that turns out to be voided.

On a really cold and somewhat breezy Tuesday morning, Amtrak Cascades Train #513 making good time on a relatively uneventful trip as it slows down for a station stop at the Edmonds station. This c... (more)