On a beautiful fall morning, Amtrak 516 departs north for Vancouver, BC after completing its last station stop in the US in Bellingham, WA on September 3rd, 2023.

The Talgos are back in Canada! WDTX 1400 leads Amtrak Cascades train 516 Northbound approaching their terminus station of Vancouver with one of two remaining Talgo 8 sets in revenue service on the... (more)

A southbound Cascades departs for Eugene

Amtrak 519 heads south past Clark's Point on a sunny evening in Bellingham.

Amtrak 964 north heads through Fairhaven on a brisk, sunny morning. Amtrak Cascades ran a few test trains prior to resuming service between Seattle and Vancouver, BC.

AMTK 465 rushes an Amtrak Cascades service train north towards its stop at Tacoma. Passengers enjoy views of Puget Sound from Nisqually into Tacoma as the train glides past Days Island. Unfortunat... (more)

Amtrak Cascades train 500 roars across the floor of the Willamette Valley at Hito. Next stop: Oregon City.

Not quite 117 miles into its 310 mile trip to Seattle, Cascades train 508 is already an hour and fifteen minutes behind schedule. Small wonder that railfans in the Puget Sound area call this train... (more)

With a Siemens Charger shoving on the rear, Amtrak Cascades train 503 rolls southward.

Amtrak 508 has just started its 310 mile trip from Eugene to Seattle as it passes the water tower at the new Oregon State Hospital. Local icon Spencer Butte looms in the distance. This is the only... (more)

The sole Talgo set currently in operation on Amtrak's Cascades service is parked at Eugene, awaiting a 4:30 pm departure for Seattle as train 508.

Midway through its trip from Eugene to Seattle, Amtrak Cascades train 500 enters Vancouver, Washington. The train has just crossed the Columbia River.

Amtrak 507 coasts along the Puget Sound on the evening of July 7th rounding Steilacoom Curve just after crossing the lift-bridge at milepost 14. Later in the year Amtrak would discontinue service ... (more)

Amtrak 90252 leads A507 south at CP Ruston with Mount Rainier in the background. This scene cannot be repeated with an Amtrak now that they have switched over to the infamous Point Defiance Bypass

Thursday 11/18/21 was the first day for passenger trains on the Pt Defiance bypass, Sound Transits Lakewood sub. Cascades 503 was the first passenger train on the route, this time around. The Lake... (more)