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Not that many years ago (post-2000) they still ran tourist trains up that line, starting in Renton and going to Kirkland...

• WalterBright 5y ago
  Yes, the Dinner Train. I've been on it. It made for a fine afternoon. It would end up at the San Michelle Winery for some booze.
  • YLE118 5y ago
    They demolished the crossing of I90 just south of the trestle in Bellevue. And now it looks like they're putting in a pedestrian bridge to replace it. I'm not sure why they had to remove the tunnel in the first place. I used to cross it and hang out over the southbound lanes with friends. The Kirkland section of the trail actually gets a fair amount of use as a bike and walking route and connects sections of Kirkland that weren't easy to connect before. With the South Kirkland park and ride to at the south border I know a few people who used it to bike to the bus system. Kemper Freeman I think has a lot to do with why the train line wasn't used for light rail.
    • WalterBright 5y ago
      > a few people That's the problem with turning it into a bike path. Sure, it's nice to have a bike path. But a bike path moves maybe 1% of the commuters that light rail would. A bike path minimizes utility, rather than maximizes it.