SEATTLE — Amtrak has topped out the steel structure for its new Maintenance and Inspection facility at Seattle’s King Street Yard, one of several facilities under construction nationwide to accommodate maintenance for its new Airo equipment fleet. The project to date has taken more than 200,000 worker hours, and involved installation of approximately 1.8 million […]
CENTRALIA, Wash. — A mudslide south of Centralia on Friday, March 13, has triggered a BNSF-imposed ban for occupied passenger trains through the area, resulting in cancellation of all Amtrak Cascades Seattle-Portland service. Trains won’t resume until Monday, March 16, though already-ticketed Cascades and Coast Starlight passengers are being offered substitute bus transportation during the […]
Track maintenance projects requiring Amtrak cancellations or rescheduling are currently taking place or are forthcoming in the Southeast and West. Meanwhile, several long-distance trains continue to encounter a variety of problems as weather challenges subside. Southern California Most intercity and commuter trains traveling between San Diego and San Luis Obispo, Calif., will not operate next […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has reached a tentative five-year agreement with members of the Transportation Communications Union Intermodal group, the railroad announced on Friday, Feb. 20. “This new tentative agreement reflects the vital role our TCU intermodal team members play in our operation,” BNSF CEO Katie Farmer said in a press release. “Open, […]
SEATTLE — Sound Transit will begin simulated service on its new light rail Crosslake Connection on Saturday, Feb. 14, giving passengers the chance to ride additional trains on the Link 1 Line between the International District/Chinatown station and Lynnwood City Center. Service on the 2 Line will also be extended until midnight between Redmond and […]
SEATTLE — Sound Transit has announced the addition of three executives, including the return of a longtime staff member as deputy CEO. Returning in the deputy CEO role is Brooke Belman, who spent nearly two decades at the Seattle-area transit operator. Her prior term at Sound Transit included terms as interim CEO and deputy CEO […]
SEATTLE — Sound Transit will offer additional service on Wednesday, Feb. 11, for the city’s parade to mark the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl championship. Up to 1 million fans are expected for events including a ticketed celebration at the team’s stadium, Lumen Field, at 10 a.m., followed by a parade beginning at 11 a.m. from […]
Facts and features Name: ZigZag Valley RR (ZZVR) Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 23′-6″ x 44′-5″ Prototype: BNSF Ry. and Mt. Hood RR Locale: Pacific Northwest Era: June 1998 Style: around-the-walls Mainline run: 460 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: No. 6 main line, No. 5 yards Maximum grade: 2% Benchwork: a combination of studwall, L-girder, […]
CHICAGO — Amtrak has canceled several trains in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest today (Friday, Feb. 6), along with a second day of large-scale cancellations in the Northwest. Canceled today are Chicago-St. Louis Lincoln Service Nos. 300, 302, 305, and 307; Chicago-Pontiac, Mich., Wolverines Nos. 351, 352, 353, and 354; and Chicago-Quincy, Ill., Illinois Zephyrs […]
ABILENE, Kan. — Former Santa Fe 4-6-2 No. 3415 has entered the final phases of its Federal Railroad Administration 1,472-day inspection and rebuilding. The Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad plans to have the locomotive operational by Labor Day 2027. “Santa Fe 3415 is an important icon for Abilene, the State of Kansas, and the storied […]
SEATTLE — Sound Transit’s light rail Crosslake Connection — the section of Line 2 across Lake Washington to complete the route to Redmond, Wash. — will open on March 28, the transit agency announced Friday. The section between International District/Chinatown and South Bellevue, which will connect Line 2 with the north-south Line 1, includes the […]
YAKIMA, Wash. — At its regular meeting on Jan. 20, the Yakima City Council voted six to one in favor of renewing the Yakima Valley Trolley operating agreement for five years. The Council had postponed the decision at its Dec. 9, 2025, meeting, leaving the trolley association closed as of Jan. 1. In the time […]
