Five trains in Tukwila, WA, 7-22-2015

Today I set up in Tukwila, WA, 10 miles south of Seattle to see if could catch a train. As luck would have it, I caught 5 trains in two different locations. Sweeet!

I started out at the Tukwila passenger station. An oil train led by BNSF 7399 (ES44DC) was first up, headed northbound on Main 1. This is a loaded train, full of oil from North Dakota. To add some interest, I did something you can't do just anywhere - I started filming on the west platform then ran for the underpass and finished the shot on the east platform.

I then moved north to the other side of I-405 and setup trackside. I barely got set up when a southbound vehicle train came past me on Main 2. BNSF 8218 (ES44C4) was on point.

Fifteen minutes later BNSF 7680 (ES44DC) came around the curve northbound on Main 1. This was another loaded oil train.

Twenty minutes later came a northbound manifest freight on Main 1. The engineer of BNSF 7190 (ES44C4) gave me a little horn as he passed. Thank you!
While the train was passing, SDRX 923 (MP40PH-3C) came whizzing past me pulling a southbound Sounder commuter train on Main 2.

Whew, that was some day! Of the 14 freight locos, all but one were GE.

Oil 1:
7399 / 9029 / 4502 / 4472
ES44DC / SD70ACe / C44-9W / C44-9W

Vehicle:
8218 / 6727 / 7787
ES44C4 / ES44C4 / ES44DC

Oil 2:
7680 / 4521 / 4105 / 7505
ES44DC / C44-9W / C44-9W / ES44DC

Manifest freight:
7190 / 4498 / 4422
ES44C4 / C44-9W / C44-9W

Sounder:
SDRX 923 / MP40PH-3C