Nostalgia & History > Letting the Builder by

Action at Skykomish, WA 6-16-84. BN's SKM with 2366/8010/6626/6341 (GP38-2/SD40-2/F45/ SD40) quietly waits for Amtrak 8, the Empire Builder with F40PH's 310/372 to pass by and will soon be on its way towards the Cascade Tunnel.

Brian Ambrose
Renton, WA

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Nice! Classic Amtrak! I think the 1980s was the best of the best we'll see of Amtrak. 

Very nice pic. Brings back lots of memories. Thanks for sharing.

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Excellent shot!

RC Lundgren
Elgin, TX

BrianA Wrote:
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> Action at Skykomish, WA 6-16-84. BN's SKM with
> 2366/8010/6626/6341 (GP38-2/SD40-2/F45/ SD40)
> quietly waits for Amtrak 8, the Empire Builder
> with F40PH's 310/372 to pass by and will soon be
> on its way towards the Cascade Tunnel.

That must have been a screwed up day. We had so many.

SKM wa a night train, something like 930p on duty at Interbay. No 88 should have been at Sky for 1008, maybe Scenic. We had one guy from Maple Valley who last worked the Seattle office when Sky-Wenatchee was electric. He would forget about the blow, run 88 through ahead of 1008, then remember the blow and tell 1008 to close all the ventilation in the train, they were going through the smoke. Thus, 88, if on time, may be in the tunnel already.

In the office, SKM was pronounced scum. That offended our Springfield Asst. Supt., who insisted that it was pronounced skim, as in skimking lightly along the countryside. We continued to pronounce it scum.

TAW