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Sunday, October 18, 2015, was a cloudy day in Seattle. Normally the Sound Transit “Sounder” doesn’t run on Sunday, but it’s the Seahawks versus the Panthers so there are special trains to take fans to Century Link Field.
October is also harvest time. Trains bring carloads of grain from Canada...
Video I shot on the opening day of the Lakewood Extension of Sound Transit's Sounder commuter rail. This is the commuter rail system for the Seattle, Washington area. Lakewood is about 50 miles South of Seattle.
Enjoy!
I have always wondered since the Sounder began running, how hard would it have been to link Seattle and Bellevue via the BNSF rail line? If I remember correctly the BNSF line used to be the NP [corrected] that connected up to the Everett (Scenic Sub) area. And up till recently the home of the...
As part of the project to extend Sound Transit's Sounder train south from Tacoma to Lakewood, a steel bridge girder was put in to place over Pacific Ave.
Trains to Lakewood should begin service in late 2012.
Always exciting to see new railroad construction happening in a time when...
With my Camcorder on a Tripod on the left, and my DSLR Camera on my hand, It was a perfect capture of a freight/commuter meet at Mukilteo Lighthouse Park.
SDRX 901 is pushing the Home Run Service back to Everett, Washington after the Seattle Mariners ended their game at Safeco Field in Seattle with a win. My buddy there was taking video of the train's departure. The Train stopped at the new station at Mukilteo, WA. That day was a free ride because...
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