Bellingham Subdivision

Bellingham Subdivision
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 Amtrak Alaska Marine Highway
79.7
 Bow
Samish River
71.9
 Burlington
 Burlington Yard
Skagit River
67.2
 Mount Vernon, Skagit Station Amtrak
66.8
 Mount Vernon
55.5
 Stanwood, Stanwood Station Amtrak
Amtrak Cascades
 
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 Sounder commuter rail
Amtrak Cascades, Empire Builder[citation needed]
Sound Transit North Sounder
 Bayside Yard
to Scenic Subdivision

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

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

History

The line section 50 started by a built section of tracks from South Bellingham (Fairhaven) to Burlington in 1889. It was connected to the Canadian boarder in 1891 by Fairhaven & Southern Railway. The Seattle & Montana Railway (Great Northern) built from Seattle in 1891 and the Fairhaven & Southern Railway merged into Montana Railway (Great Northern)by 1898. 1901 the railroad merged again into the Great Northern and the line was completed in 1902. The realignment of the right of way was changed in 1909.



References

  1. ↑ "BNSF Northwest Division Timeable No. 3" (PDF). BNSF Railway. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 26 Oct 2020.
  2. ↑ "BNSF Northwest Division Timeable No. 5" (PDF). BNSF Railway. 31 August 2011. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Our Train Schedules". Amtrak Cascades. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sounder Train Schedule and Information" (PDF). Sound Transit. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "BNSF Northwest Division Timetable" (PDF). BNSF Railway. 2006. p. 4. Retrieved 26 Oct 2020.
  6. ↑ "BNSF Bellingham Sub" (PDF). BNSF Railway. 2009. p. 26. Retrieved 26 Oct 2020.
  7. ↑ "BNSF Bellingham Sub" (PDF). BNSF Railway. 2009. p. 29. Retrieved 26 Oct 2020.
  8. ↑ Eisenberg, Alan (May 1, 2007). "BNSF Track Segments" (PDF). Research Northern Pacific. Retrieved May 6, 2008.