The Coast Starlight Just Beginning Its Southbound Run As the engineer notches up the SB Coast Starlight which just departing King Street Station, the F40PHs blow out the soot accumulated w... (more)

On the day of the Autumn Leaf Slideshow hosted by Robert Scott, Amtrak #11 rolls through the s-curve at Winlock, WA leaving some Fall colors behind.

Be it that 2009 is the 10'th anniversary of Amtrak's Cascades service in the Northwest, we see train No. 753 traversing the Nisqually River Bridge on its southward journey towards Portland, OR. Th... (more)

The Engineer of Amtrak Train #513 slowed the train to a stop at Edmonds, WA about 5 minutes late. These days, I've seen more passengers at the Edmonds Station taking Amtrak when compared to last y... (more)

On a chilly winter morning, Amtrak 507 leads Amtrak 510 towards its station stop at Bellingham. The train was running late today, and the thunder of the locomotive interrupted this otherwise seren... (more)

You have to see it to believe it. An Amtrak Cascades locomotive on point taking the Empire Builder across the country to Chicago. This unit will end up being serviced over there, however, it app... (more)

On a winter morning with temps hovering right at the freezing mark and fog spread across the entire Puget Sound region, I decided to try my luck at driving an hour and a half from home to the shor... (more)

I had been trying to capture this shot on a sunny morning for more than two years, but until the 20th the proper circumstances had not come together. Amtrak Cascades #513 was running about 25 min... (more)

Amtrak Train #7, the Eastbound Empire Builder, stopped in the middle of East Scenic due to mechanical and computer problems.

Classic Puget Sound: A southbound Cascade dashes past the ferry dock in Steilacoom. The Tacoma Narrows bridge is visible in the upper left.

Amtrak Empire Builder #7 arrived at Edmonds about 10 minutes late. A relief crew climbed onboard on AMTK 91. AMTK 91 was overhauled with a "bolt-on-nose" installed on the front of the locomotive.

Cascades service from Vancouver B.C. arrives on time in Seattle.

The southbound Empire Builder rolls past a BNSF hirail at Seattle's Golden Gardens Park.

Two of the Puget Sound region's icons: the Tacoma Narrows Bridges (there are two of them now) and Amtrak's Cascade Service trains. And hey, the sun is out!

The crew changes and prepares to go south on the only Amtrak Cascades that goes from Bellingham to Portland.