Bathed by the warm glow of an autumn sunset, a short southbound manifest skirts the shore of Bellingham Bay. Visible in the distance through the haze are Canada's Coast Mountains.
Southbound Amtrak Cascades No. 513 kicks up a cloud of dust as it blasts across newly-constructed track at Logen crossover north of Stanwood. The toppled Honey Bucket -- unoccupied, thankf... (more)
Following the twisting course of the Yakima River as it slices through the Umtanum Ridge anticline, an empty grain train is utterly dwarfed by the 1,500-foot-tall basalt cliffs of the Yakima River... (more)
End of the line? Victoria's historic Johnson Street Bridge, with two parallel bascule spans carrying rail, road and pedestrian traffic over Victoria Harbor, may have hosted its last train:... (more)