SeattleRailFan's video: Vehicle train on Bridge 6 3 Seattle WA 9-21-2014

It's late September in Seattle and it's 80F outside. Though it's hot, the trees are turning color as fall approaches. I'm at the Hiram H. Chittenden Locks, aka the "Ballard Locks". They raise boats from Puget Sound up 20 feet to the level of Lake Washington. I start with a shot of Bridge 6.3 lowering in preparation for an approaching train. The bridge, the former Great Northern Bridge 4, dates from 1914. I got some shots of the locks, people hanging out at the adjacent Carl S. English Botanical Gardens, some boats and even a couple of sea birds paddling around. Our train is a vehicle train inbound to Seattle from Chicago, led by BNSF 5287 (C44-9W). It brings cars made in the Midwest here to the Pacific NW, then returns full of cars that came in from Asian plants and takes them back to the Midwest. Eagle-eyed viewers will note CSX loco 7792 was also seen in my last video. That time it was eastbound out of Seattle, this it is westbound into Seattle. 5287 / 7389 / 5397 / CSX 7792 C44-9W / ES44DC / C44-9W / C40-8W