A compilation of several Amtrak clips featuring the Empire Builder, Coast Starlight, and Cascades trains, in Oregon and Washington State. The first upload was damaged, so I'm trying it again.
Several clips of steam trains including the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad, Chehalis-Centralia Railroad, and the Grapevine Scenic Railroad. Also shown are some abandoned tracks from the NP Prairie Line between Veazy and Enumclaw, WA.
A family vacation aboard Princess Cruises Caribbean Princess. This is one of Princess' newest ships, built in 2004 in Italy, and loaded with amenities. Also seen are the Carnival Triumph in Sint Maarten, and the Holland America Westerdam in St. Thomas. It was a very enjoyable trip, and I hope to do it again sometime.
Amtrak's "Pere Marquette", #371, crashed into the rear end of a Norfolk Southern freight train in Chicago on November 30, 2007. 51 of the 187 people aboard were injured, 5 seriously, all of which were crew members. The cause of the accident is not yet known on December 1, 2007.
Our trip aboard the Golden Princess from Seattle to Juneau to Skagway to Ketchikan to Victoria and back to Seattle. It was a wonderful trip, especially the ride on the White Pass and Yukon Scenic Railway out of Skagway. I would highly recommend this trip.
A BNSF grain train passes through my back yard on April 21, 2007. Well, not really my back yard, but less than a mile away. The location is the Auburn, WA "M" Street crossing. The empty grain train is going from TEMCO/Cargill in Tacoma back to the midwest to refill. Empty grain trains comprise most of the traffic on the BNSF Stampede Pass line.
