At 5200 feet the snow is melting after four days of sun. The Sierra Scenic Tour Train rolls through Emigrant Gap on its way back to the Bay area from Reno.
An intermission between the wacky weather (which consisted of snow and ice pellets) as the westbound Amtrak Empire Builder rolls along the Puget Sound on its final leg to Seattle.
Tired of snow? Here is an eastbound empty oil train rolling along the Wenatchee River at Monitor, WA on a beautiful summer day about 7 miles west of the Wenatchee crew change. I look forward to ge... (more)