There are two Mount Rainiers in this shot: the mountain and the train. The next station stop for train 797 is Tacoma.

Late westbound Empire Builder at Maryhill, WA in the Columbia River Gorge.

Late westbound Empire Builder at Maryhill, WA in the Columbia River Gorge.

The southbound Starlight runs slightly late into Kelso for a stop. I haven't seen one of the older Dash-8's lead in awhile and it apparently crapped out before getting to California.

An Amtrak Cascades train pulls out of King Street Station.

The Empire Builder makes its way east heading into the scenic countryside after departing Everett.

If only it were a matched consist... wah.

The Empire Builder travels high above scenic Nason Creek through the Cascade mountains as it heads toward its next stop in Leavenworth.

The eastbound Empire Builder leaving Seattle on time for the cross-country trip to Chicago.

An 11 hour and 45 minute late Empire Builder running west of Cooks Washington. I had a ticket for this train from Spokane, WA to Bingen, WA. Once it got late enough that I would get home around ... (more)

Twenty two years ago this was Seattle's skyline as viewed by Empire Builder passengers exiting the tunnel under the city at North Portal. A Marriott Hotel now occupies the vacant lot next to the t... (more)

An Amtrak train from Portland, Ore., crosses the Columbia River into Vancouver, Wash. The Amtrak station is located adjacent to the bridge.

Amtrak train 8, the Empire Builder rolls past the BNSF roundhouse complex at Interbay as it heads north out of Seattle to Everett, WA. From Interbay to Everett the train will cruise the Puget Soun... (more)

Amtrak train 8, The Empire Builder heads over the Ballard draw bridge and out of Seattle with a triple header for power and plenty of head end business in this 1994 view. At this time Amtrak was s... (more)

Southbound Cascades #517 crosses Chuckanut Bay just a few miles south of Bellingham at the end of a beautiful spring day on Washington's northern coast.