SDTX F59PHI 906 brings a short commuter train into Edmonds.

After a quick station stop at Edmonds, WA, 516's train continues its trip north to Vancouver, BC.

Amtrak train 516 heads north towards Canada.

Amtrak's Empire Builder slows for a station stop at Edmonds, WA.

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)

Speedy Delivery. An eastbound (northbound) empty trash train led by former Santa Fe SD75s and a GP60 zips by Picnic Point in Edmonds.

BN 8159 leads an eastbound intermodal train onto double track at MP 18 in Edmonds, WA on its ways between Seattle and the climb over Stevens Pass for the trip to Chicago. BNSF has graded between E... (more)

BN 6599's head end brakeman inspects BN 8159 and its eastbound train as it enters double track just north of the Edmonds station at MP 18 along Puget Sound. This location was a bottleneck for BN a... (more)

BNSF 5054 banks into the superelevated curve at Picnic Point on a rare sunny November day.

Minutes after the sun has set, a Northbound loaded BNSF coal rounds the corner at south Mukilteo.

A short mixed freight runs along the Puget Sound in Edmonds, WA.

Five miles south of Picnic Point is a one track bottleneck in Edmonds, Washington. On low cloud days like this whenever a coal train is stopped there, it can be heard accelerating back to track s... (more)

BN 2505 (X-GN GP35) and two X-NP GP9s have a Seattle to Everett and points north train in tow along Puget Sound at Meadowdale, just north of Edmonds prior to sunset. I experimented with an orange ... (more)

A New Era For Amtrak: The Inaugural Revenue Run for Amtrak's new long distance Siemens Charger locomotives has less than 30 miles to go to reach the final destination of Seattle, Washington. Thes... (more)