The SC44s used to pull the Amtrak Cascades service are owned by Washington State DOT. In previous years this train used the cooler looking 'batmobile' Talgo passenger cars, but it still sports a ... (more)

Not quite 117 miles into its 310 mile trip to Seattle, Cascades train 508 is already an hour and fifteen minutes behind schedule. Small wonder that railfans in the Puget Sound area call this train... (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)

Under threatening skies, UP 4835 (SD70M) brings a new Amtrak Cascades / Washington State Department of Transportation #1408 Siemens SC-44 'Charger' unit down the Moffat Tunnel sub heading for Denv... (more)