Getting back on track: West Seattle train trouble along Harbor

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(First two photos by WSB’s Patrick Sand)
New train service to Salty’s? No – just looks that way. You don’t often see locomotives this far west – but one is helping resolve a situation just past the end of the tracks along Harbor Avenue this afternoon.

A couple of scrap-metal cars were backed up a little too far and ran into the STREET END sign for the SW Bronson parklet east of Salty’s. First person who told us about this was Alki photographer David Hutchinson, who shared early-morning photos, including this one showing a small tree taken out by one of the errant cars:

The crews we talked with at the scene a short time ago told us they should have things back on track by mid-afternoon. (Thanks also to David F and Craig B for tips about this in the past few hours.)

Peter April 12, 2012 (2:29 pm)

Poor tree!

kumalavula April 12, 2012 (4:31 pm)

i walk along there almost daily and when i saw where the cars had been left early this morning, i had to do a double take. they were soooo far north and so close to the footpath, though still on the tracks. that area has just undergone the remodel for shore access immediately south of salty’s parking lot and you never see train cars that block the driveways to jack block or the driveway to the north. i wondered what had happened overnight in the train yards to cause those cars to be left there…..