Amtrak train 11, the Coast Starlight, is ready for departure from Seattle to Los Angeles.

After a overnight snow fall, most of the snow at Edmonds have melted with some of the snow still hanging on from a distance in Mukilteo. The wind really started to pick up with winds sustained up ... (more)

A late running Amtrak train #27 glides down Providence Hill, nearing the Beatrice crossovers as the NS 8099 and its oil train do the same on a chilly November morning. Both trains were side by sid... (more)

"Hey, it matches!" Amtrak 184 is solo leading Amtrak train #7, the Empire Builder, over Gaynor Trestle on a cloudy early summer morning just east of the Cascade Tunnel and Berne Siding.... (more)

Along the banks of the Columbia River, the Portland Section of the Empire Builder is about to duck into Tunnel 9, just west of Lyle at 15:25pm.

The front of the locomotive received a nice wash and shows off its cleanness of the nose during a nice morning in Marysville.

Amtrak's Portland section of the Empire Builder rounds the curve adjacent to the Amtrak station in Vancouver.

The Empire Builder was descending the Columbia Basin Plateau via the Trinidad Loop at half past noon. While this would place them about six hours down, its running in daylight and in tee-shirt we... (more)

Just after sunrise, a late-running Amtrak Empire Builder crosses Indian Canyon Bridge just a few miles out of Spokane.

The morning Cascadian train to Vancouver, BC from Seattle has just pulled out of Edmonds station. During this time the "blue" train consist was mixed into the Amtrak Cascades service bet... (more)

An Empire Builder skirts Nason Creek while ascending the valley towards Stevens Pass. For about a half mile this location is the nearest that the roadbed comes to the creek, a tributary of the We... (more)

Amtrak's Pacific International heads north through Golden Gardens in Seattle en route to Vancouver, BC. This transition period featured steam generator cars to handle the steam heat still used by ... (more)

A late Amtrak Portland Section of the Empire Builder, Rolls through the long siding at Cooks, Washington on the beginning of it's long run to Spokane and eventually Chicago. Amtrak temporarily re... (more)

Train No. 8, the Empire Builder rounds the curve at Trinidad Loop in late afternoon lighting as it climbs out of the Columbia River valley between Rock Island and Quincy, WA.

During a solstice weekend on the BNSF's Scenic Subdivision at Gaynor, Washington (MP 1696.5), lupines are still hanging on to their late spring blooms on June 22nd, 2014 as a westbound Seattle sec... (more)