A high priority Z train crosses over Nason Creek seconds before the engineer throws his mug of water out the window and all over me :-(

Amtrak 79 works the Empire Builder solo tonight as it finishes its first of may victories over the passes to Chicago.

BNSF 7031 emerges from the Cascade Tunnel westward to Seattle [or Tacoma].

A visit to the cab of a parked train yields an Evergreen stack train as it emerges from the Cascade Tunnel [just out of view] as this empty grain waits for the green. [To protect the crew, I have... (more)

5305 exits the Cascade Tunnel and passes a parked 7158 and 4 other kings of Stevens Pass [SD40-2] as they wait for their turn through the bore.

WHAOO! The swooshes are in Seattle! I looked all over Seattle for 3 hours to find them after seeing them go through Edmonds, and here, just past midnight in South Seattle, success! These 3 beauti... (more)

Looking down the barrel of the gun...

A few passengers board the BART at Mission St. As seen in the January 2007 issue of "Trains Magazine".

Cascade CABBAG car gets some work done at the "Amtrak shop" in Seattle

[Thanks for the correction] Some defective coach wheel sets are awaiting the scrapper. Im not sure wether these are for the Cascade, Superliner, or Bombardier coaches.

A night shot of the East Portal of the Cascade Tunnel. And at an extra bonus, the door is closed! [See my comment on what the door does]

UP 5130 comes around a corner after going over the summit in the Blue Mts. A freak [at least to me] snow storm blanked me and my tent overnight but it provided for some beautiful train pics!

For those of you who what to know what The Cascade Tunnel looks like with the door closed, here you go! It looks like its doors either being replaced or repainted.

A close up of the damage to BNSF 4173. I wonder what happened to it?

A Dash-9 waits at a green signal but the tunnel clear lights arent illuminated yet