Two, two, two trains at once

Yesterday morning on RantWoman's excursion of the day RantWoman saw the new Link Light rail trains in the downtown bus tunnel. RantWoman has seen them there before and definitely considers this a sign of progress.

Last night RantWoman was out pedestriating about her 'hood. The new Forest Street bus facility is starting to look more plausible, though RantWoman admits she is surveying from a distance because all nearby sidewalk is still blocked off.

More notable than the bus facility: RantWoman was strolling down MLK when she noticed not one but two trains going in opposite directions through the foliage at her nearest station. Mind you, the visual effect is a little like the astronomers who track things passing in front of other things by what gets blocked out. RantWoman saw white blocking out the green foliage. Then she noticed the white was moving both direction. Cool. Two, two, two trains at once. going opposite directions just as they should.

Sigh. On the return leg of RantWoman's trip, RantWoman had a brief brain cramp about the state, still, of the entryway to the Mount Baker station and considerable adjoining sidewalk. Let's just say RantWoman will keep looking. However, RantWoman was close enough to the trains to note that one cycle of trains seemed like merely average train rumble and two other cycles sounded like some bearings really need to be greased or there is some other reason for cutting metal noises that RantWoman hopes will go away.

Go trains!