Thursday 11/18/21 was the first day for passenger trains on the Pt Defiance bypass, Sound Transits Lakewood sub. Cascades 503 was the first passenger train on the route, this time around. The Lake... (more)

Wednesday 11/17/21 was the last day for passenger trains on the Pt Defiance portion of BNSF's Seattle Sub. The next day, the Cascades and Starlights moved to the Lakewood Sub. With that move, s... (more)

Amtrak train 504 departs Vancouver, Washington for Seattle. Now that the Cascades train has completed its station work, the southbound Coast Starlight will advance to the passenger platform.

Two Northern Pacific Vista Domes bring up the rear of Amtrak Train 28 along the Columbia River valley in Dallesport, WA. Smoke from Oregon forest fires fills the sky.

Amtrak No. 11 the southbound Coast Starlight rolls through Sunnyside Beach Park on Puget Sound in Steilcoom Wa.

Amtrak crew qualification trains continue on the soon-to-return bypass route this weekend. This train consists of an 8 car Coast Starlight set, powered by three GE P42DC locomotives. Two of which ... (more)

One of Amtrak's new 50th anniversary Heritage Units no. #161 sits in Amtrak's Holgate Street Yard after bringing the northbound Coast Starlight out of LA the night before.

Amtrak Cascades Train no. 507 speeds through Puyallup, WA on a warm spring afternoon with Mt. Rainer standing over 14,000 feet tall in the distance.

Amtrak #11 kicks up the snow as it passes by a empty grain train leaving the Harvest States Export Facility after a rare freshly fallen snowfall near sea level along the Columbia River in Kalama, ... (more)

With a pair of SDP40Fs on the point, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight departs Seattle's King Street Station on its 1388-mile journey to Los Angeles. The building behind the rear of the train is... (more)

Amtrak's Pacific International crosses the ship canal in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle as it nears the end of its journey from Vancouver, BC to Seattle's King St. Station. This train feature... (more)

Departing Bellingham: Rounding the curve after Bellingham Station, Amtrak train 516 quickly gets up to speed with a Siemens Charger locomotive leading the way. The SC-44s are very quick on ... (more)

Heritage at the Pond: It's a crisp Thanksgiving Day morning and Amtrak train number 516 is rolling by as it approaches the Fairhaven station in Bellingham, Washington. Leading the charge on... (more)

Fall on Approach: Fall is approaching in the Pacific Northwest as the evening southbound Amtrak Cascades train nears its first station stop at Bellingham, Washington on its 4 and a half hou... (more)

Cascading Across the Bay: Amtrak train number 516 crosses Chuckanut Bay as it nears the next stop at Bellingham, Washington. This train is bound for Vancouver, B.C. I've been trying to get ... (more)