In an odd show of force Sound Transit puts an extra locomotive on a three car train.
The low tide provides for an interesting shot of the Sounder as it heads towards Everett.
The Sounder passes by Meadowdale beach on it's way to take commuters home to Everett.
Capitol Hill looms behind the storage tracks; in 2013 these trains will run underneath the hill to the University of Washington.
Standing inside a Tacoma bound Sounder train you can see an Everett bound train boarding on the other side of the platform with another Sounder and the Empire Builder occupying the two mains behin... (more)
After letting off passengers at Edmonds station, SDRX 909 heads north to Everett.
Extra power idles in Skykomish yard waiting for a major overhaul of the rails on the pass.
This colorful consist of power pulls a stack train North.
A super short (~30 car) Westbound Allied Waste trash train rolls past Carkeek Park on a rare sunny Seattle day.
The fisheye lens provides a 160 degree view of the train as it rolls by pieces of snap track.
BNSF 7547 waits at MP 18 for the Amtrak Cascades coming up from Seattle. A few hours later identical 7545 heads northbound through the same area.
After visiting family in Eastern WA, I took a 2 hour detour to catch some trains on my way back to Seattle.
Switching job complete this hogger gases out at the Port of Seattle as he heads back into the Terminal.
The engineer steps out of the cab to give an Eastbound Z train a rollby inspection in front of what was once a busy grain silo.
The 2nd Sounder of the evening high balls to Everett.