Topic summary
Scenic Subdivision
1661.2
1672.2
1686.9
1692.4
1698.5
1732.3
1739.5
1755.7
1768.6
1775.2
1776.2
1781.2
1782.7
1782.9
1783.9
31.4
28.3
27.8
27.1
17.8
17.6
15.9
7.7
7.4
6.4
6.2
4.9
3.3
1.4
0.1
0.0
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.
Current operations are limited to 30 trains per day due to ventilation capacity with the Cascade Tunnel.