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  1. Limping North Cascades

    Limping North Cascades

    BNSF ES44C4 7175 leads an empty Amtrak Cascades through Nisqually, WA Northbound. The same train set was seen 4 hours before, sitting on the main in about the same location.
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  2. Cascades meet at Stanwood, WA

    Cascades meet at Stanwood, WA

    On Saturday, 3-9-2013, southbound Amtrak Cascades train #513 (right) passes northbound Amtrak Cascades train #510 at CP Logan at the north end of Stanwood siding.
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  3. Cascades

    Cascades

    The Eugene bound Cascades approaching a station stop in Salem.
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  4. Modern day schooner...

    Modern day schooner...

    Northbound Cacades stops at Centralia, WA in heavy fog...
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  5. Along the Sound

    Along the Sound

    Southbound Amtrak Cascades #513 at West Tacoma.
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  6. Ding, Ding, Ding

    Ding, Ding, Ding

    My ride south, Amtrak 507, arriving Tacoma, WA last Saturday after a fun day at Freight House Square. I rode up and back from Olympia-Lacey. Shot was taken behind the safety line.
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  7. Crossing the Nooksak River

    Crossing the Nooksak River

    AMTK 469 leads the AMTRAK CASCADES across the Nooksak River at Ferndale,WA enroute from Seattle,WA to Vancouver,BC.The area still shows some effects of the spring floods with debris piled up on the bridge supports and soggy ground in the area.
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  8. Fired Up, Ready To Go

    Fired Up, Ready To Go

    After waiting for a meet with 513, Cascades 506 winds up and negotiates the crossover at Vader, WA
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  9. 509 at Wildlife grade crossing

    509 at Wildlife grade crossing

    Amtrak 509, running late just south of Ridgefield, Wash.
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  10. Winlock

    Winlock

    Amtrak 506 streaks Winlock, Wash.
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  11. Amtrak Cascades #500

    Amtrak Cascades #500

    On Saturday 9-25-2010, northbound Amtrak Cascades #500 passes through Bailey in south Seattle.
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  12. UP Executive train at Coyote Creek, Wicopee, OR

    UP Executive train at Coyote Creek, Wicopee, OR

    A northbound UP executive train crosses Coyote Creek just north of Wicopee, OR, while descending from Cascade Summit. This is the spot the huge Frazier Slide of 2008 ended, burying the track at this location under mud & debris.
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  13. Baretable at Wicopee

    Baretable at Wicopee

    An amply-powered northbound Baretable works it way downgrade through Wicopee, OR.
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  14. UP 5021

    UP 5021

    Union Pacific SD70M 5021 leads a Northbound manifest down the 1.8% grade at Wicopee siding on the UP's Cascade crossing in Western Oregon.
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  15. Bringing Up The Rear

    Bringing Up The Rear

    Bringing up the rear but providing the power in the push mode for the northbound AMTRAK Train 510,the AMTRAK CASCADES from Seattle,WA to Vancouver,BC.For the southbound return trip,BNSF 4124 will also provide the power but in the pull mode.
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  16. Clear block ahead

    Clear block ahead

    I don't often like the "going away" shot, but thought this was pretty cool. Not often are the tracks out west straight enough to see two signals in a row. This northbound UP manifest is accelerating down a slight grade after rounding a reduced-speed cruise. In about five miles he will...
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  17. austinjacox's #11

    austinjacox's #11

    Far from a "good" photo, but an interesting story. My 16-year old son Austin (austinjacox here on RRF) is traveling from one set of grandparent's near Centralia, WA, to his other set near Oakland, CA, on Amtrak's Coast Starlight, by himself. I am spending the weekend at Crescent Lake...
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  18. Uphill at Wicopee

    Uphill at Wicopee

    Southbound Amtrak #11 charges uphill towards Cascade Summit, OR, at Wicopee. It had just had to come to a stop one siding back at Heather in order for the crew to restart a shutdown trailing unit due to an overheating condition. I'm sure they are wondering here if they will make it to the top of...
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  19. AMTK 469

    AMTK 469

    AMTK 469 shoves the southbound Cascades past the Salem Yard.
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  20. Train and Baggage Cart

    Train and Baggage Cart

    Nighttime at Portland Union Station. One of the Amtrak Cascades trains lays over as a baggage cart crosses to meet another train as it arrives. Portland Union Station is over 100 years old and is a landmark in Portland.
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