Cascades Train 508 is getting ready to depart north to Seattle (right side train), while another Cascades train set awaits its next assignment at Portland's Union Station.

Charging Through Samish: At Samish, the morning northbound Amtrak Cascades train to Vancouver, B.C. rolls right along Puget Sound. From here on up to Bellingham, the BNSF Bellingham Subdivi... (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)

Charging Over the Viaduct: Amtrak Cascades thunders across a large steel viaduct on the north side of Bellingham, Washington as it heads for Vancouver, B.C. Leading the charge is SC-44 loco... (more)

Across the Bay: Amtrak train number 517 cuts across a causeway that runs right through the middle of Chuckanut Bay on BNSF Railway's Bellingham Subdivision. The locomotive is leading the tr... (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)

Amtrak Train #506 heads into downtown Seattle passing Seattle Mariners T-Mobile Park.

Amtrak's Pacific International Cascades: Amtrak train number 517 rolls south along Samish Bay behind SC-44 Charger locomotive on a beautiful June day. This train and its northbound evening ... (more)

A favorite train watching location in the Puget Sound Region is along Sunset Blvd. in Edmonds, just north of the ferry slip. BNSF's mainline hugs the shoreline, and numerous Amtrak, Sounder and BN... (more)

Cascades 518 sprints through a golden sunset on the south Puget Sound. Just past the Steilacoom Ferry dock, it's about 15 minutes late, but right on time of the sunset.

Cascades 505 heads to Portland on the tail end of a snow storm that brought a fair amount of sea level snow to the Puget Sound. The storm also brought some wind, kicking up the waves along the so... (more)

Amtrak Cascades train 501, lead by a Talgo Series 8 cab car with an EMD F59PHI providing the power, pulls into the station platform at Centralia, WA.

Cascades in the Carolinas. While a couple NCDOT units were out for PTC installation, Amtrak sent a Cascade F59PHI unit to pinch-hit. Here, train 75 rolls over the Yadkin River to en route Charlott... (more)

A WDTX Charger shoves Cascades train 518 north through a beautiful sunset.