Map of Tacoma light rail line
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Left: Sign on 25th alerts drivers that the Link train is in the center lane.
Right: Wires under I-705. Signs say "Danger: High Voltage"
Left: power input on the wire. Power comes from...
...this transformer bank on 25th.
Left: Station on 25th at Pacific.
Right: Close-up view of station at 25th and Pacific
Left: tracks heading towards Freighthouse Square
Signs like this are already up
Left: these signs are at the exit of a parking lot. The black sign lights up when the train comes, saying "Do Not Exit - Train"
Left: Station at Freighthouse Square/Tacoma Dome Station.
Tacoma Dome Station. This is a mutimodal station for light rail, buses and trains. Pierce Transit and Greyhound buses, the Link light rail and the Sounder commuter rail will leave from this station.
Art at the Tacoma Dome Station. These are supposed to be dust removers to symbolize the many sawmills that used to be in this area (and that used these devices).
Left: More art at the Tacoma Dome Station. I am not exactly sure what the devices are inside.
Right: The Maintenance Base in Tacoma.
Left: Maintenance Base in Tacoma has three bays.
Right: Looking towards Freighthouse Square from the maintenance base
Link train in maintenance base garage
Track curves from 25th to Pacific
Curve at 25th. Note the lights and warning signs at the intersection.
Light post at 24th. Small yellow light (bar) is for the train.
Switch at Pacific and 21st. Double-track section begins here. Station for UW/Tacoma and Union Station is visible in median.
Track crosses Pacific here to go up to Commerce. Open area behind the green backhoe is the the site of the new convention center.
A closer image of the Pacific crossing. Note the catenary poles are in place.
Looking back towards 25th. Union Station/UW Tacoma station is where the track splits in the distance.
Catenary pole on Pacific. Note that the poles to hold the wires are in place but are folded up.
Detail of the track. The brick pattern was made by pressing a mold into the wet concrete.
Sound Transit even has their own manhole covers! (located between the tracks)
New Tacoma Art Museum. This is about 1-2 blocks from the UW Tacoma/Union Station station.
Union Station. Former heavy rail (Amtrak) station; now used as federal courts.
Left: Bumper at the end of the line on 9th.
Line is double-tracked on Commerce
Left: More of the double-track line on Commerce
More of the line on Commerce, near the new convention center.
Looking back towards the Convention Center. Convention Center station is finished but the street is closed due to Convention Center construction.
Tracks running down Commerce. Notice signals are in place.
Switch at South 9th at the Theater District Station.
Theater District Station is nearly complete. Note the bumper at the end of the line.
Close-up of Theater District station.
Artwork at Theater District station. Old play poster.
Artwork at the Theater District station. Old poster advertising Babe Ruth's visit.
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