WDTX 1402 leads Seattle to Portland train 507 past Titlow, WA with the Tacoma Narrows Bridge as the backdrop on 10/10/17.

After a long delay in Seattle's King St Station trying to get WSDOT's new Charger locomotives to link up with Mater (Cab Car), a Cascades test train arrives in Tacoma's Tacoma Dome Station. The t... (more)

Colorado-Bound

Four-day-old Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric passenger locomotives WDTX 1402 and 1403 were found in Amtrak’s Redondo Junction engine facility in downtown Los Angeles o... (more)

It Had that “New Locomotive” Smell!

Just four days out of the factory, and not yet in service, Washington State Department of Transportation 1402, a Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric... (more)

So Clean You Could Eat Off the Floor – But We Opted Not To

Washington State Department of Transportation 1402, a Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric passenger locomotive, rolled out of t... (more)

No, this is no April Fool's joke...there really are two, brand new Siemens SC-44 Chargers sitting in Los Angeles on this sunny afternoon. Rather than heading north to begin their service on Amtrak... (more)