Passenger Trains > Amtrak 2010 Cross County Train Trip: Part 5: SEA+CS:SEA-PDX

I spent two nights in Seattle after having gotten off Amtrak Train # 7 there.

1. Amtrak Cascades Train # 513, being led by P42 # 181, is only seconds away from entering a tunnel that will take it beneath the skyscrapers of Downtown Seattle, and end up at King Street Station. The train is designated for Portland, Oregon. A BNSF intermodel train passes in the other direction. Shot was taken from Pike Street terrace overpass.

2. Branching away from trains but still considered public transportation-ferries. I am also a ferry buff. No trip to Seattle is ever complete for a public transportation buff a ferry ride isn't involved. This is one of the Washington State DOT Ferries approaching the dock in Downtown Seattle. I took this picture from a Washington State Ferry that was heading to Bremerton.

3. Sounder Bilevels in King Street Yard in Seattle.

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1. Sounder Bilevels in King Street Yard.

2. Sounder F59PHI as well as Amtrak Cascade power.

3. A BNSF freight train heading north through Seattle.

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1. The freight is about to pass Safeco Field

2. Amtrak Cascades Train # 509, led by F59PHI # 468, has just departed King Street Station, and is heading to Portland.

3. F40 Cabbage Car # 90253 brings up the rear. Next stop is Tukwila.

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1. Sound Transit Link LR in the Westlake Station.

2.This is the Westlake Station in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel. Not only does LR use it, but also buses.

3. Seattle Westlake Monorail Station with an approaching monorail.

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1. We are departing Westlake Mall Station on the Seattle Monorail.

2. Viewed from the monorail, the Space Needle comes into view.

3. The monorail sits at its Seattle Center Station.

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1. Amtrak Train # 516 passes along the edge of Downtown Seattle, bound for Vancouver, BC.

2. P42 # 65 brings up the rear of the Vancounver, BC bound Cascades. Its next stop will be Edmonds.

3. Going over the BNSF SEA to PDX Mainline near Tukwila on Link LR.

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1. Seattle Link LR at Sea-Tac Station-looking south.

2. Sea-Tac Station-looking north.

3. A southbound train, bound for Sea-Tac Airport departs Pioneer Square Station.

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1. A Seattle Lake Union Streetcar pauses at Fairview and Campus Drive Terminus.

2. This is the interior of Shoda-Inkeon Streetcar.

3. A Seattle Center Monorail departs from Westlake Center station.

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1. Sounder Train # 1705, enroute from Everett to SEA passes alongside Downtown Seattle, led by F59PHI # 907.

2. Southbound Sounder Train # 1707 is about to enter the Waterfront Area of Downtown Seattle. Hes only minutes away from ending its run at King Street Station

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Great series!  The first shot is especially nice!

Now my stay in Seattle is done and I board Amtrak Coast Starlight Train # 11 at Seattle King Street Station and take that down to Portland, Oregon to spend a few hours before heading to Chicago on the Empire Builder.
1. Amtrak King Street Station building with clock tower.

2. King Street Station with Sounder Commuter Train.

3. Seattle King Street Station-looking north with tunnel in the background. This tunnel takes the BNSF line underneath Downtown Seattle for a little bit.

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1. Seattle Amtrak King Street Station Clocktower one last time before heading south to PDX.

2. Viewed from the rear of Amtrak Train # 11 as we leave Seattle behind.

3. Boeing Airport on the left.

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1. BNSF power in Tacoma, Wa

2. View of the front of Amtrak Train # 11 with a P42 and a P32-8WH in the lead as we depart Tacoma.

3. We are running alongside Puget Sound on the leftand and we just went under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

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These three pictures are still running alongside Puget Sound. The last one of Amtrak Cascades Train # 500.

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1. Olympia-Lacey Station.

2&3-forgot where they were taken.

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1. Kelso-Longview Station-viewed from Amtrak Train # 11.

2. Entering Portland, Oregon after crossing the Columbia River Bridge.

3. Interior of one of MAX's light rail vehicles.

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1. Interior of MAX's latest LRV-Type 4.

2. An older MAX Light Rail vehicle.

3. MAX Light Rail Type 4 Vehicle.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/20 20:18 by Passfanatic.

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1. Beaverton Central Station of MAX.

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The overhead shot at Pioneer Square is pretty cool!
There's an amazing variety of transit at Seattle!

The Monorail is almost 60 years old! It was built for the 1962 World's Fair. There had been talk for years of expanding it to other parts of Seattle, and a voter initiative had even been approved, and right-of-ways were starting to be purchased, when the whole thing came to a halt. Now light rail is going in, and the scenic highlights of Seattle will now be viewed from underground!