On a beautiful fall afternoon, Cascades 509 pulls in to the station at King St, in downtown Seattle.

Rolling though Interbay Yard, even the mighty Amtrak Cascades has to slow down for our work zone. Through Sound Transit and BNSF funding, a new 2nd main track and speed improvements are being cons... (more)

Preparing rail cars for an ocean crossing is time consuming and tedious. A screw jack lifts the car off its springs, while chain and ratchet pull the car tight to deck. From Part 2 of a 2 part art... (more)

Gliding inches above the pavement, Link vehicles fly up and down MLK way at 35mph.

Kevin Meier, Manager Rail/Marine Operations, Alaska Railroad, inspects tie-down of rail car aboard F/B Whittier Provider. Massive 420' twin deck rail/container barge owned and operated by Alaska R... (more)

The sun rises on the the day Pacific Northwest stood still. Overnight, 6" of snow grind the region to a dead stop. Mountain passes closed, major freeways closed, cars crashed, buses jackknifed (so... (more)

Spending a couple years on the sidelines, some serious cobwebs (or birds nests) can really start to develop. Taken with permission.

With GEVO's being sidlined due to turbo issues, suddenly, after an eternity of waiting, the SD75's are called back into service. The M's and I's are needed to provide relief for BNSF while repairs... (more)

Working around the railroad involves heavy equipment. BNSF #1551 is framed under the arm of a Komatsu PC270 excavator as it works on moving some 2000 cubic yards of soil for disposal. The soil is ... (more)

An inbound train unloads 3 passengers at Beacon Hill, Seattles first and only subway station, and heads towards Seattle to help relieve late rush hour traffic.

With only the woosh of passing air, an electric Link train glides across Columbia Ave. in the heart of the Rainier Valley. Part of the massive project was to rebuild MLK Way to encourage wakibilit... (more)

On a quiet Seattle night, a man looks up from his newspaper to observe a new curiosity: one of Sound Transits's new light rail vehicles glides into the tunnel below the city.

A month before revenue service begins, Link testing is in full swing. During rush hour in the Transit Tunnel, a 2-car link train rapidly accelerates to a curious crowd awaiting their buses.

A Link Light Rail train rolls to a stop in the sparkling new Beacon Hill Station. All of Link Light Rail stations and facilities feature art work. Some more artistic than others. The Beacon Hi... (more)

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