Bellingham Subdivision

The Bellingham Subdivision or Bellingham Sub is a railway line running about 119 miles^[5] (191 km) from Everett, Washington to Blaine, Washington. It is operated by BNSF Railway.

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Legend
119.6 USA Canada Border to New Westminster Subdivision 119.3 Blaine 116.4 Swift 112.1 Intalco west to Cherry Point Subdivision 106.3 Ferndale Nooksack River 97.3 Bellingham Currently in Update 92.9 South Belligham, Fairhaven Station 79.7 Bow Samish River 71.9 Burlington Burlington Yard Skagit River 67.2 Mount Vernon, Skagit Station 66.8 Mount Vernon 55.5 Stanwood, Stanwood Station Amtrak Cascades[3]   Stillaguamish River Snohomish River 37.0 10.9 Delta Jct. 1782.7 PA Jct. Delta Yard Delta Junction to Bellingham Subdivision 1782.9 Broadway 1783.9 Everett, Everett Station Amtrak Cascades[3], Empire Builder[citation needed] Sound Transit North Sounder[4] Bayside Yard to Scenic Subdivision

Description

Traveling north from PA Jct. in Everett, the main line of the BNSF heads north through Delta Yard and Delta Jct The line crosses the Snohomish River and across 4 bridges 3 that are movable for boat traffic. The line passes through the city of Marysville and by Kruse Jct. which leads to Arlington 6.9 miles (11.1 km) away.

The main line then continues north to the siding at English and the first Amtrak Cascades stop north of Everett at the city of Stanwood. The line continues into the Skagit Valley and passing Conway and to the next station for Amtrak Cascades at Mount Vernon.

The line continues north past the old Mount Vernon station and to the junction at Burlington with the offshoot to Fidalgo or Fidalgo Island to the west and the Sumas Subdivision to the east. From here the line continues north through Bow to the next station at Fairhaven Station. After passing through downtown Bellingham and the old depot, the line continues north through Ferndale to the end of the subdivision at Blaine.

Scheduled traffic on the Bellingham Subdivision consists of four Amtrak Cascades Trains, several manifest trains and occasional unit trains of coal and coke going to Roberts Bank^[6][7]

History

Gallery

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  Former Marysville Washington Depot
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  Stanwood Feed and Seed location at Stanwood
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  The Stanwood crossing in reverse from above.
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  The new Amtrak Cascades stop in Stanwood.
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  The new Amtrak Cascades stop in Stanwood.
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  Fairhaven Station at BNSF South Bellingham.
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  Old Bellingham Station