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+Aidan Rose What you're seeing there is the radiator shutters closing. The shutters are painted orange, so it does look a bit like they are "glowing". The shutters open and close automatically to keep the engine water temp in the correct range. If the loco sits idle for a bit, they close to keep water temp from falling too low. Once the loco starts pulling, they'll open to keep the water from getting too hot.

+VanCityRailfan Man, most of the places I taken videos at around the area have plenty of trains. Olympic Sculpture Park, S Horton St crossing, Ballard Locks are all good. Train stations at King Street Station, Kent, Auburn, Edmonds, Mukilteo and Everett all work well.

+Richard Moses The containers used for garbage are standard shipping containers with the roof removed. This allows them to be loaded easily with a front end loader. They have canvas tops that cover the load during shipping. At the landfill, the containers are lifted off the well cars and put on a regular trailer chassis. Trucks drive them up to the top of the hill where the landfill proper is located. There, the trucks back onto a platform at the edge of the landfill. Hydraulics tilt the whole platform up, dumping the garbage out the back. The trucks take the containers back down the hill, the empty containers go back on the well cars and the whole cycle repeats again.

+Yard Limit Auburn Station and Kent Station are both nice in that they have a parking garage right there so parking is easy, covered overpass for shooting on rainy days or getting to the other side of the mains easily and benches on the platforms so you can sit down while waiting. Good view of signals from the platforms as well which helps you determine if a train is coming. Disadvantage is the platforms aren't very wide so you tend to get an exaggerated closeup view of trains as they pass.

Cool. I love having signals in view. It makes the video more dramatic.

+jpfrench325 Yes, they're in the process now. BNSF got the money for the 3rd main from Sound Transit. BNSF must give Sounder trains priority over all freight, they must meet strict on-time standards. So right now, between Seattle and Tacoma during rush hour BNSF gives one main over to Sounder leaving only one track for freight. With a 3rd main between Seattle and Tacoma, BNSF can use two track for freight, making it easier to run freight north and sound during rush hour. The 3rd main is done from King Street Station to somewhere around south of Boeing Field. They are starting in on the next segment now. Work is going on around Tukwila, then I think they'll work they're way down to Auburn.

+Dimi Domo The first garbage train is an empty returning from the landfill. The 2nd train is loaded headed to the landfill. Google "landfill Roosevelt WA" to learn about where that garbage ended up. Seems like Seattle doesn't really do "splashes of color". Most newer condos/apt buildings tend towards pale neutral shades of browns, greys, green, blues etc. A few go for the bright colors, but not many.

+Railfan Rob I use a Sony HDR-CX12. It's a few years old now, but it's small, light and takes great HD video.

+Saddle Sore It looks level to my eye. I'm guessing a railroad would generally want a yard to be pretty close to level. A yard with a significant slope would be a pain, requiring lots of hand brakes to be set in order to keep cars from rolling away.

+Yard Limit Probably a good chance of catching an oil train. As far as I know, they still run 5 or 6 trains per week into the refineries. If you have a scanner, monitor channel 76 (North Branch Dispatch). You may hear them talking to an oil train, giving you a heads up that one is coming. They may also reference the "Annie Local", that's the local job that services other customers on the Anacortes Spur. You will always hear the oil train call the bridge tender at the Swinomish Channel bridge. That's the bridge in my video. My shoot location, at the Swinomish Casino, is a great place to shoot from. And, if the trains aren't running you can go inside and play some craps, poker or slot machines! Also, you can go into Burlington and shoot at the Spruce St crossing. I did a video there, see: ua-cam.com/video/l8xTXeOThug/v-deo.html The trains run at only 10mph on the spur. You could shoot one in Burlington then sprint for the casino and also shoot it crossing the channel.

+SeattleRailFan Thanks for the info. We're going to stay at the Swinomish hotel sometimes in April so that will be a good time to catch one. I'll definitely keep my scanner tuned.

+Gary Ketola In the Seattle area on BNSF, the term Conductor is used on the long-distance trains. The conductor on a local job is call the Foreman. If a local has a third crew member, he's called the Helper. Don't know what a third crew member on a long-distance trains would be called, most just have two. I assume it's something that differs on different railroads or in different area of the country. I have a scanner so I'm sure of what terms are used locally.

+Dejoh Denny It's been there for years, if I remember correctly. The punk ass morons that tag stuff are mostly up in Seattle so this one gets left alone.

+RustyRails I do like to give some explanation of what is going on as not everyone watching is an expert in railroad operations or in the geography of my local area. Thanks for watching!