A BNSF Z Train waits at Mukilteo as the First Sounder passes by. I also set up my camcorder on a tripod to capture the action on film.
Due to a malfunctioned signal, this commuter train have lost over 30 minutes during the delay. As soon they fixed it, the train didn't hesistate to make up time.
With the sun break through the over cast, The first Sounder Commuter Train enters the siding at MP 28 and makes it way to the Mukilteo Station. I was in for a surprise when there was a double-head... (more)
Capitol Hill looms behind the storage tracks; in 2013 these trains will run underneath the hill to the University of Washington.
Three of Sound Transit's brand new LRVs sit in their yard waiting the Central Link project to open in 2009.
There aren't many passengers on the reverse-commute Sounder. However, this reverse train is required to enable Sound Transit to run its last south train out of Seattle due to lack of trainsets. Be... (more)
The last Sound Transit train of the evening slows for its station stop in Mukilteo
That upside-down flag makes me chuckle a little at this shot. One of Sound Transit's many shiny, new Link LRV's takes a spin around the O&M's testing loop.
Lined up and ready for action
Two things Seattle is known for: coffee (Tully's roastery in the former Rainer Brewery) and the big blue wave of Sound Transit.
In an odd move up north, the last Sounder doubleheads with SDRX 903 and 909 and only three coaches.
In an odd show of force Sound Transit puts an extra locomotive on a three car train.
Beach combers don't even look up as the evening's first Sounder accelerates out of Edmonds.
The engineer gets the all clear from his conductor.
The "Tacoma, City of Destiny" unit pushes Sound Transit train 1704 out of the new Mukilteo stop and on toward the end of the run in Everett. For a view of how this scene appeared just two years a... (more)
