With its forested 5.6% grade climbing hundreds of vertical feet in a couple of miles towards a 19th century turntable and the largest building in the world, the BNSF Boeing Hill spur between Evere... (more)

The golden hour has set as Amtrak Train 516 heads north to Vancouver, BC after meeting a southbound container train.

BNSF 7121 eases into Mukilteo at the golden hour.

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.

When a bird chirping loudly outside your bedroom window wakes you up at five in the morning and you crack your eyes open to see clear skies, it kind of makes sense to throw on some dirty clothes a... (more)

The Sounder game train slows into Mukilteo for a short station stop to pick up game fans heading to Seattle.

The BNSF Boeing Local shoves back toward Bayside Yard in Everett after a few hours of switching at the Boeing Plant.

BNSF #2080 leads the "Boeing Local" as it shoves a line of oversized containers toward the Port Of Everett shipping docks in Mukilteo, WA on a sunny spring morning.

BNSF 2076 and 2080 go to notch 8 as they shove an exceptionally long train up the hill toward the Boeing plant.

After two trips "up the hill" to the Boeing assembly plant today, BNSF geeps 2081 and 2361 prepare to return to Everett, pushing the caboose (this one, freshly painted in the BNSF "power bar" sche... (more)

The Seattle region is far enough north that it seems like the Sounder commuter trains operate on an arctic schedule -- half the year in darkness and half in light. It's nice to see them running i... (more)

Sound Transit 906, pushing evening commuters into the Mukilteo stop, positively glows against the remnants of an early spring storm, simultaneously enhancing the ski slopes of Stevens Pass in the ... (more)

Even trash can look good! A southbound loaded garbage train wends its way along BNSF's shoreline trackage complemented with a high tide and (hold your hats!) sunshine.