Bellingham Subdivision

{{Short description|Railway line in Washington State}}

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The Bellingham Subdivision or Bellingham Sub is a railway line running about 119 miles{{cite web |title=BNSF Northwest Division Timetable |url=http://fobnr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/NORTHWEST-03-042606.pdf |publisher=BNSF Railway |date=2006 |page=4 |accessdate= 26 Oct 2020}} (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{{cite web |title=BNSF Bellingham Sub |url=http://4dpnr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BNSF-Bellingham-Sub.pdf |publisher=BNSF Railway |date=2009 |page=26 |accessdate= 26 Oct 2020}}{{cite web |title=BNSF Bellingham Sub |url=http://4dpnr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BNSF-Bellingham-Sub.pdf |publisher=BNSF Railway |date=2009 |page=29 |accessdate= 26 Oct 2020}}

History

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Gallery

Image:Great Northern Railroad depot at Marysville, Washington, ca 1913 (WASTATE 643).jpeg|Former Marysville Washington Depot

Image:Stanwood WA Feed & Seed 02.jpg|Stanwood Feed and Seed location at Stanwood

Image:271st Street at Stanwood.jpg|The Stanwood crossing in reverse from above.

Image:Double track at Stanwood.jpg|The new Amtrak Cascades stop in Stanwood.

Image:Stanwood station platform, looking south.jpg|The new Amtrak Cascades stop in Stanwood.

Image:Fairhaven Station - platform view.jpg|Fairhaven Station at BNSF South Bellingham.

Image:Pacific International at Bellingham, July 28, 1973.jpg|Old Bellingham Station

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