Union Pacific ES44AC no. 5478 with a string of cans, passes a Grain Loading Facility with a ship taking on grain in Tacoma on the Seattle Subdivision.
The Cascadian glides past Chambers Bay golf course along Puget Sound.
Harbor Island, Seattle.
Thursday 11/18/21 was the first day for passenger trains on the Pt Defiance bypass, Sound Transits Lakewood sub. Amtrak #11, Starlight, was the first long distance passenger train on the route. Th... (more)
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)
Cooling their heels (or should it be "wheels"?) after the morning commuter rush are a pair of Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority's "Sounder" trains. The trainset o... (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.
Amtrak 503, the morning Cascades train from Seattle to Eugene, arrives at Oregon City, Oregon. The cab car leading the train was painted for use with the Talgo Series 6 trainsets, which were retir... (more)
With the second and third Tacoma Narrows Bridges looming in the distance, an afternoon Cascades skirts the shores of Puget Sound. Within the next few weeks, all Amtrak traffic should be re-routed... (more)
Amtrak No. 11 the southbound Coast Starlight rolls through Sunnyside Beach Park on Puget Sound in Steilcoom Wa.
Northbound BNSF Stack lead by ES44C4 No. 6835 rolls through Steilcoom Wa. alongside the Puget Sound.
A northbound double stack crosses over a tidal inlet along the Steilcoom coast. Small houses have a view of the railroad and access to the Puget Sound.
A morning southbound double stack with C44-9W No. 5040 leading passes the old Northern Pacific Station built in 1913 in Steilcoom Wa.
A tremendous sunset goes largely unseen by the crew of this northbound BNSF freight, holding at CP 21st St.
