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#11 CNJRoss

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Posted 22 February 2017 - 12:03 PM

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Construction alert:

Point Defiance Bypass Track and Signal Work

Feb. 21, 2017

High-speed signal testing continues Feb. 25-26

 

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Between Feb. 25 and Feb. 26, Sound Transit will continue the high-speed signal-testing portion for the Point Defiance Bypass project between the Tacoma Dome station and the Nisqually Junction. This phase of the testing involves running an Amtrak Talgo train at speeds up to 79 mph, between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m., so please use extreme caution whenever you are near the railroad right of way.

 

To ensure public safety, police officers will control each at-grade intersection during the testing period.

 

What to expect:

Testing trains will operate between Feb. 25 and Feb. 26 between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Potential traffic delays if a train is crossing at the following at-grade intersections: 

  • South 66th Street
  • South 74th Street
  • Steilacoom Boulevard Southwest
  • 100th Street SW
  • 108th Street SW
  • Bridgeport Way Southwest
  • Clover Creek Drive Southwest
  • North Thorne Lane Southwest
  • Berkeley Avenue Southwest
  • 41st Division Drive
  • DuPont-Steilacoom Road
 

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Posted 10 July 2017 - 04:26 PM

Ratcheting up testing speeds.  From Sound Transit.


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Posted 02 December 2017 - 07:08 PM

Tacoma, WA News-Tribune editorial, 12/1/17:
 

 

Forget views, Amtrak route buys time

 

Good news, Puget Sound train travelers, your ride between Portland and Seattle just got faster.

 

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Posted 10 December 2017 - 12:18 PM

Article in today's ​Seattle Times about the impending rerouting of passenger trains on the Point Defiance bypass.  I had hoped to take the train to Centralia on Day 1 (a week from tomorrow) but I have a commitment I can't get out of.  So I will probably now wait until spring to experience the new trackage and gain some rare mileage. 


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Posted 17 December 2017 - 05:53 PM

The Point Defiance Bypass goes into effect tomorrow--after how many years of trials and tribulations, not to mention false starts??  All is forgiven.  With the two new Cascade trains and the recently launched extra Sounders, train watching at intermediate stations will be so much fun!  I personally like the new Tukwila station for this endeavor.  From WSDOT.


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Posted 18 December 2017 - 01:12 AM

At 9:54pm Train 508, according to the scanner and the Amtrak app, departed the Tacoma Amtrak Station for the last time. 501 will be the first Amtrak train into Freighthouse Square in the morning. I'll be taking 501 to Portland on Friday. Took my last trip on the old route back on Black Friday.

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Posted 28 February 2018 - 10:30 PM

Testing to commence for PTC implementation on Sound Transit owned trackage between Lakewood and DuPont.  In anticipation of the return of Amtrak Cascades to the Bypass route sometime by the end of this year, one hopes.  Plans (part of the ST3 package approved by voters) are also afoot for the extension of Sounder commuter rail to Tillicum and DuPont.....but not until 2035.  Ouch.  There must be other stretches of track on the Amtrak system NOT owned by freight railroads or Amtrak itself, but I can't think of where. 

 

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Posted 01 March 2018 - 03:54 AM

The portion between Reservation Junction and Freighthouse Square is owned by the City of Tacoma.




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