Category: Rail Related

September 1, 2026 Every Bus, Train, and Ferry in Puget Sound — On One Live Map
June 3, 2026 The 2 Line across Lake Washington is finally real.
December 7, 2025 The Extension Stops: Three New Stations on the Federal Way Link Extension
December 7, 2025 Sound Transit and the Link 1 Line: Building a Spine Instead of a Network
December 6, 2025 (Some) of Seattle’s Origin Story: From Chief Sealth’s Grace to the Interurban’s Legacy
June 9, 2025 The Chaos & Madness of Forgetting One’s Keys
May 30, 2025 A Re-introduction to Transit Sleuth via Link Light Rail
November 16, 2023 Later Week and The End of My Pittsburgh Adventure
August 22, 2023 A Week in Pittsburgh Begins!
June 26, 2023 Train + Bike Life! Leaving Richland via Pasco for Portland, Oregon on The Empire Builder!
October 18, 2018 Wednesdays Videos & Photos
October 17, 2018 Ballard, Sound Transit Sounder, and Recovery Day
October 16, 2018 Cap n’ Hominy, Bike, LINK, NOLA Bowl, Walkin’, Biking, Green River Trail, Interurban Trail, Sound Transit Sounder
April 30, 2018 California Coastal Carpinteria Trip
April 28, 2018 Empire Builder Onboard
April 28, 2018 Homeward Bound Empire Builder
April 22, 2018 Thoughts & an Empire Builder Trip to Chicago
December 26, 2017 A Summary of Current US Passenger Rail Plans
December 23, 2017 Post Wreck Thoughts on 501, PTC, US Liability, and America’s Failing Transportation
December 21, 2017 The Story on Amtrak Cascades Train 501 Derailment
December 13, 2015 Transit Header Images
November 21, 2015 Portland Transportation Political Contemplations
October 28, 2015 MAX Line Skateboarding Adventures!
October 26, 2015 Boarding Behavior, Bonkers, and How-to for Transit Usage in Cascadia
September 20, 2015 Observations of Krakow
January 25, 2015 Seattle to Portland High Speed Rail
January 8, 2015 Thoughts from Oakland on Portland, To 2015!
December 25, 2014 Cycling at 6% of Commute, Transit at 8% and … Blagh, Blagh, Blagh…
December 2, 2014 I’m Just Now Catching up to Al’s April 2014 Video of Me…
October 21, 2014 Trimet is Taking Your Input & Preparing for Bus Route Changes… Have You Weighed In?
October 19, 2014 5 Reasons the Portland Milwaukie Light Rail Project already Rocks!
October 17, 2014 Get Involved in Helping to Plan the Future of Portland! The Comprehensive Plan 2035…
September 18, 2014 Portland’s PMLR Project, Where I’m Moving (One of These Days)…
June 28, 2014 Proposed Additions to Trimet Service and Modifications
March 9, 2014 Just Daily Portland Trips
February 1, 2014 Remembering Old Streetcar Running, From 2009
January 26, 2014 Portland Milwaukie Light Rail Bus Planning
November 27, 2013 Denver, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland, What Was First?
November 18, 2013 Transit on Tap, It’s Kind of Like Transit Beer, But Different
November 4, 2013 Cuz’ The Northwest is Rocking the Cycling and Seattle is Starting to Lead the Pack!
November 1, 2013 The Older San Diego Light Rail
October 27, 2013 Metro Doing a Good Job on Los Angeles Transit
October 26, 2013 Sneak Peak of Some Upcoming Transit Sleuth TV
October 13, 2013 Streetcar Mobile Music Festival, Sleuthing News & Updates, Plus a Sneak Peak of Next Episode of Transit Sleuth TV
October 11, 2013 Streetcar Mobile Music Fest #SMMF 2013
October 8, 2013 Cycling, Transit and Sleuthing News and Updates
September 26, 2013 Portland, Let’s Take the Streets Back! Do More Have to Get Killed?
September 17, 2013 Coverage of Transit Sleuth TV Episode 1 & The Precursor, That Launched Transit Sleuth TV
August 29, 2013 Onward to Los Angeles, Santa Ana & Newport Beach
July 26, 2013 Keeping Things in Context, “PBOT, Police stepping up enforcement of traffic laws”
July 13, 2013 Let’s Talk About Cost of Commute, Transit & Trimet Fares
June 8, 2013 Portland’s Milwaukee Light Rail Project – Under Construction, Opening in September 2015
May 23, 2013 I-5 Bridge Collapse, Update From Amtrak Cascades #516 North Bound
May 3, 2013 After the Pacific Surfliner – Adventures in Los Angeles via Metro Gold Line
April 17, 2013 The Bridge Rises Above the Willamette
April 15, 2013 Portland’s Light Rail Advocates
February 27, 2013 The Whole Columbia River Crossing, The Other Pending Financial Catastrophe
January 26, 2013 Does Amtrak Come Thru?
January 23, 2013 I Am Pissed, Amtrak Screwed Up Massively and Now I Have to Renegotiate My Day Completely To Deal With It…
January 19, 2013 In Denver, Finding Amtrak…
January 4, 2013 What Do I Think About The TriMet Performance?
December 23, 2012 A Grand Lodge, A Long Transit Ride, A Great Weekend
December 10, 2012 Chinese Railroads Aren’t the Advertised Achievement We’re Sold
November 27, 2012 Boston, Portland’s Sister City?
November 14, 2012 Arbor Lodge, A Transit Romance
November 6, 2012 San Francisco Trip in Photos, A Little MUNI, PCC and Trolley Buses
November 5, 2012 Looking Through Just Yesterday
October 6, 2012 Portland Streetcar Has a Safety Message
September 30, 2012 More Free Transit Service, Just Great?!
September 14, 2012 Phoenix, Huge Light Rail Ridership Increases!
September 12, 2012 Learning From Each Other
August 13, 2012 The Ride Home
August 13, 2012 A Salem Commute, TriMet Almost Messes it Up and a Video of the Trip
July 13, 2012 Surly Cross Check
July 11, 2012 A Wednesday Day Off
June 9, 2012 Calling Transit & Bike Portlanders
April 25, 2012 The Green Line Gets Car Free
March 7, 2012 The Transit & Pedestrian Only Bridge in Portland
February 26, 2012 Measuring Things…
February 10, 2012 Zero MQ, Why Portland’s Transit Kicks Ass!
February 7, 2012 Back in Portland…
February 2, 2012 Portland Streetcars
February 1, 2012 Putting My Geek & My Transit Together
January 13, 2012 Nothing Like a Commute from Olympia to Seattle, Washington
December 20, 2011 Transit Riders’ Savings Exceed Thousands Per Year!
November 8, 2011 America Led the Way With High Class Rail…
October 30, 2011 My Rides… (AKA How I Get Around)
October 23, 2011 Oh For Pete’s Sake!
August 19, 2011 San Francisco…
August 12, 2011 Streetcar Party in PDX
July 9, 2011 Questions: Seattle, Light Rail, and Increasing The Standard of Life in the City?
June 11, 2011 A No Ride List Like The No Fly List
June 9, 2011 From Sound Transit, Is Anyone Reading Transit Sleuth Attending This?
June 7, 2011 Rail
June 3, 2011 Jeez Seattle, Come On… But Seriously, Cool Stuff Afoot!
May 30, 2011 Transit Projects in Seattle
March 28, 2011 A Little Crystal Method Rail Riding
March 25, 2011 Transit Sleuth Weekly Picture (006)
March 11, 2011 Transit Sleuth Weekly Picture (005)
March 2, 2011 Light Rail, Primary Arterial Transport
February 23, 2011 Wow, That Summarizes Metro’s Need to Get With The Program
February 7, 2011 Amtrak For The Win!
February 6, 2011 Portland, Oregon TriMet Yellow Line
January 27, 2011 Free Wifi on the Amtrak Cascades!
January 19, 2011 Transit Photos in Seattle
January 17, 2011 Flanged Wheel Please
December 12, 2010 Another Reason China will Overtake the US Soon
November 22, 2010 A Few Not So Great Shots of the Snow
November 6, 2010 Back to the Cascades
June 16, 2010 CATS is rocking even if LINK is failing…