Entering Everett on this frosty, foggy morning, the Talgo set sports 461 instead of the usual cabbage unit.
Oversized aircraft parts containers on the Boeing local. A good argument for shipping by rail -- can you imagine loads like this on area streets daily?
Western Washington has been experiencing an "Artic" blast of winter with temperatures in the teens. This is the second snow storm we have had this year. AMTK train 513 cruises by some trees covere... (more)
Grounded Sounders on a rainy day in the Pacific Northwest.
Workin' on the railroad.
Crews are working hard to rerail a fully-loaded 89' centerbeam. The crew in the foreground are BNSF officals investigating the derailment. Note how torqued the centerbeam falt car is!
A box car decides to go for a dip in the Puget Sound as a 2am derailment creates this little mess. Both mains were blocked for 24 hrs. Nobody was hurt and nothing was spilled into the Sound.
Derailment on the Scenic Sub at what use to be Everett Jct. Ten cars on the ground, and as you can see, one is in the drink. Note the rail in the water with it.
While others enjoy beautiful autumn foliage, coastal Washington gets morning fog. I guess the work on 90252's numberboards can wait until after another trip to Vancouver, BC. The power on this t... (more)
The quiet end of Cascade Service train 510 passes the former Everett station, obviously no longer of use to passengers and growing over with ivy.
A nearly new CN ES44DC leads a train across Union Slough. This is on BNSF's Bellingham sub. CN runthrough power is common on this train. Most of the traffic this train hauls is Candian forest prod... (more)
Engineers Roost on a new SD70M-2. The unit had 45000 miles on the odometer.
Is this like six months for the Mariners and six months for the Seahawks? Or we could just be getting plain ST.
Brand new ES44AC is at Delta yard after bringing a train South from Canada