Jan 26 Galer Street – Jan. 16, 2003
The Seattle to Everett part of the Scenic Sub sees very little coverage on my Blogs and that’s probably because Stevens Pass has the mountains and a looooong tunnel. While not as scenic as the line north of Balmer Yard/Interbay this is part ...
Jul 9 Gold Bar to Winton June 21, 2022
I finally got my first trip in to the Scenic Sub on Tuesday 6-21-22.  It was a sunny morning so the weather looked perfect for a day trip.  I left the house in Renton and made my way out to Monroe and started east on US-2 towards Gold Bar.  Out of...
Jun 26 Interbay – June 22, 2021
On Tuesday 6-22-21 I made my way up to Interbay in the afternoon planning to photograph Amtrak #8 the Empire Builder.  It had been reported that the train would have a couple of private cars, one of them a former Northern Pacific dome which I want...
Jan 29 Snowy day January 28, 2006
On this date in 2006 I went to Stevens Pass.  I only saw and photographed two trains 1-28-06 but that would be better than none! First was  the eastbound Z-SSECHC just coming off the Foss River bridge with 4480/NS 2620/998  C44-9W/SD70M/C44-9W) at...
Nov 22 November 22: Ten and forty nine years ago
Wishing everyone on this Thursday 11-22-18 a Happy Thanksgiving Day! Ten years ago to the day on Saturday 11-22-08 I made a trip up towards Stevens Pass to Scenic and back.  I wrote about this trip back in November 2008 which also highlighted a Sk...
Nov 7 Skykomish – in search of Halloween
On the Saturday before Halloween 10-27-18 I drove up to Stevens Pass in search of a little Halloween spirit.  It was to be a pleasant day weather wise so I was past Monroe around 0900 and hoping to catch up to an eastbound somewhere.  Between Sult...
Mar 15 Skykomish, WA snow 3-6-17
I have finally made a return to the Scenic Sub.  Didn’t go at all last year and went just once in 2015.  For 2017 I am planning multiple trips to the Scenic Sub, at least once in each season, Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.  Got the winter ...
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