Scenic Subdivision

Legend
 to Columbia River Subdivision
1650.2
 Wenatchee, Columbia Station
Amtrak Empire Builder[1]
1652.9
Olds Jct.
to Cascade and Columbia River Railroad
 Monitor
1661.2
 Cashmere
Dryden
1672.2
 Leavenworth, Icicle Station
Amtrak Empire Builder
Chumstick Tunnel
Swede Tunnel
Winton Tunnel
1686.9
 Winton
1692.4
 Merritt
Gaynor Tunnel
1698.5
 Berne
Cascade Tunnel
7.8 mi
12.6 km
[2]
1709.5
1720.5
 Scenic
1732.3
 Skykomish (MOW Yard)
1739.5
 Baring
1755.7
 Gold Bar (Yard)
Sultan
1768.6
 Monroe
1775.2
 Snohomish Jct. East to Eastside Freight RR
1776.2
 Snohomish Jct. West to Eastside Freight RR
1781.2
 Lowell
1782.7
 PA Jct.
Delta Yard
Delta Junction
to Bellingham Subdivision
1782.9
 Broadway
1783.9
 Everett, Everett Station
Amtrak Cascades[3], Empire Builder[1]
Sound Transit North Sounder[4]
 Bayside Yard
1784.7
32.1
 Everett Jct.
31.4
 Howarth Park
28.3
 Mukilteo, Mukilteo Station
Sound Transit North Sounder[4]
27.8
 MP 28
27.1
 MP 27
17.8
 MP 18
17.6
 Edmonds, Edmonds Station
Amtrak Cascades[3], Empire Builder[1]
Sound Transit North Sounder[4]
15.9
 MP 16
7.7
 MP 8
7.4
 MP 7
6.4
 Ballard
6.2
Salmon Bay Bridge
crossing Lake Washington Ship Canal
4.9
 Interbay (Balmer Yard)
3.3
 Galer Street
1.4
 North Portal
Great Northern Tunnel
5141 ft
1567 m
0.1
 South Portal
0.0
 Seattle, King Street Station
Amtrak Cascades[3], Coast Starlight[5], Empire Builder[1]
Sound Transit North Sounder, South Sounder[4]
 to Seattle Subdivision

The Scenic Subdivision or Scenic Sub is a railroad line running about 155 miles (249 km) from Seattle, Washington to Wenatchee, Washington. It is operated by BNSF Railway as part of their Northern Transcon. This route includes the Cascade Tunnel, as well as the 1893 site of the "last spike" near Scenic, Washington, which marked the completion for the Great Northern Railway transcontinental railway line built by James J. Hill.[6]

Current operations are limited to 30 trains per day due to ventilation capacity with the Cascade Tunnel.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d "Empire Builder Timetable" (PDF). Amtrak. March 16, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "BNSF Northwest Division Timeable No. 3" (PDF). BNSF Railway. April 26, 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Our Train Schedules". Amtrak Cascades. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Sounder Train Schedule and Information" (PDF). Sound Transit. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Coast Starlight Timetable" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  6. ^ "Photo of Last Spike Ceremony; Scenic, WA". Northwest Railway Museum. 6 January 1893.
  7. ^ "Washington State 2010–2030 Freight Rail Plan" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation State Rail and Marine Office. p. 81. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2017.