A 2 1/2 hour late Amtrak Empire Builder Train #7 cruises through Picnic Point Park as the train continues to salvage some lost time. The lead unit has a 'white scar' on front of the engine.

Amtrak Cascades Train #516 making good timing as it move along MP 28.

A very late Amtrak Empire Builder #8 wasted no time accelerating out of Edmonds. The engineer was giving a wave at me and blowing by a couple of trespassers at the same time.

Waiting at MP 18 for track & time work schedule on the tracks to expire.

The manifest train accelerated out of the siding after waiting for Maintenance of Way of doing a quick track work.

A 3 hour late Amtrak Empire Builder #7 coast along the Puget Sound as it starts to slow down for the station stop at Edmonds. AMTK 42, 406, and the exhibit train was also on the consist as well, m... (more)

A 3 hour late Amtrak Empire Builder #7 coast along the Puget Sound as it starts to slow down for the station stop at Edmonds. AMTK 42, 406, and the exhibit train was also on the consist as well, m... (more)

A BNSF Z-CHCSSE glided along the Puget Sound waters on a sunny, but mild afternoon. Mt. Baker is seen in the background.

With light snow falling and the sun shining out the same time, the Leavenworth Snow Train was making good time and speed as the train blasted through the Coulter Creek Rd. Grade Crossing with a lo... (more)

I was on a ferry ride back home from my Port Angeles Trip when I spot a BNSF Manifest Train stopped at Edmonds, WA with a colorful motive power consist.

The Engineer of Amtrak Train #513 slowed the train to a stop at Edmonds, WA about 5 minutes late. These days, I've seen more passengers at the Edmonds Station taking Amtrak when compared to last y... (more)

Amtrak Train #7, the Eastbound Empire Builder, stopped in the middle of East Scenic due to mechanical and computer problems.

This is my first catch of a ex-BN SD70MAC as it leads a Boeing/Intermodal Train. The train causes a wind that would cause the snow to fly everywhere.

With the Empire Builder running over 5 hours late. The Empire Builder was halted at East Scenic for what appears to be a low water pressure system. It was later learned that it was a simple comput... (more)

BNSF 7716 East stopped at East Scenic Siding near Stevens Pass due to what I learned was Mechanical Problems.