New rail was placed in Interbay Yard less than 24 hours before a BNSF geometry special makes surprise (at least to me) visit .
Homages to our nation's rich railroading history adorn the walkway over the King Street platforms.
This recently re-pained locomotive hauls its consist through a foggy Skykomish.
The snow covered trees set the scene as this Eastbound freight crawls up the hill.
The business end of BNSF's Track Measurement car, the Skagit River. This device, covered in "Caution: Laser" stickers hovers over thousands of miles of rail, checking for defects, keeping the rai... (more)
The southbound Amtrak Cascades shows off for anxious railfans waiting for the double headed steam (SP 4449 & UP 844) working its way from Tacoma.
The Daylight lets out a burst of steam that startles the little boy standing next to this beauty.
This Tacoma bound Sounder, wearing the special Tacoma livery passes the Allied Waste facility in South Seattle.
Expecting the typical Talgo trainset the Cascades surprises viewers with this Amtrak California locomotive and several Superliner cars including a Sightseer Lounge car.
This aging MoW crane heads back to its storage track in Edmonds. See it in action here.
After doing yard duty in Wisconsin this unit has moved to yard work in Spokane, note the flag on the nose.
During the very busy Chicago rush hour this train backs into Union Station while a Green Line L train passes overhead.
In order to keep up the car counts in BNSF's unit grain trains, spare cars must be kept along the line to replace bad-ordered cars. These units left their train a ways down the track to pick up s... (more)
A Portland bound Cascades pulls past the Amtrak coach yard and picks up speed as it heads south.
With sunrise half an hour away, the Sounder is bathed in light from the station.
