Scenic Subdivision

The Scenic Subdivision or Scenic Sub is a railroad line running about 155 miles (249 km) from Seattle, Washington to Wenatchee, Washington. It is operated by BNSF Railway as part of their Northern Transcon. This route includes the Cascade Tunnel, as well as the 1893 site of the "last spike" near Scenic, Washington, which marked the completion for the Great Northern Railway transcontinental railway line built by James J. Hill.

 to Columbia River Subdivision
1650.2
 Wenatchee, Columbia Station
 Amtrak Empire Builder
1652.9
Olds Jct.
to Cascade and Columbia River Railroad
 Monitor (spur)
1661.2
 Cashmere
 Dryden (spur)
1672.2
 Leavenworth, Icicle Station
 Amtrak Empire Builder
 Chumstick Tunnel
 Swede Tunnel
 Winton Tunnel
1686.9
 Winton
1692.4
 Merritt
 Gaynor Tunnel
1698.5
 Berne
Cascade Tunnel length: 7.8 miles (12.6 km)
1709.5
1720.5
 Scenic
1732.3
 Skykomish
1739.5
 Baring
1755.7
 Gold Bar (small yard)
 Sultan (spur)
1768.6
 Monroe
1775.2
 Snohomish Jct. East to Eastside Freight RR
1776.2
 Snohomish Jct. West to Eastside Freight RR
1781.2
 Lowell
1782.7
 PA Jct.
 Delta Yard
Delta Junction
to Bellingham Subdivision
1782.9
 Broadway
1783.9
 Everett, Everett Station
Amtrak Cascades, Empire Builder
Sound Transit North Sounder
 Bayside Yard
1784.7
32.1
 Everett Jct.
31.4
 Howarth Park
28.3
 Mukilteo, Mukilteo Station
 Sound Transit North Sounder
27.8
 MP 28
27.1
 MP 27
17.8
 MP 18
17.6
 Edmonds, Edmonds Station
Amtrak Cascades, Empire Builder
Sound Transit North Sounder
15.9
 MP 16
7.7
 MP 8
7.4
 MP 7
6.4
 Ballard
6.2
Salmon Bay Bridge
crossing Lake Washington Ship Canal
4.9
 Interbay (Balmer Yard)
3.3
 Galer Street
1.4
 North Portal
Great Northern Tunnel
0.1
 South Portal
0.0
 Seattle, King Street Station
Amtrak Cascades, Coast Starlight, Empire Builder
Sound Transit North Sounder, South Sounder
 to Seattle Subdivision

Current operations are limited to 30 trains per day due to ventilation capacity with the Cascade Tunnel.

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