Ballard Big Picture: It still runs!

People shopping at Fred Meyer or passing by Shilshole Avenue N.W. on Sunday evening got a rare glimpse of a Ballard Terminal Rail Road locomotive. The train whistled as it went by and people quickly whipped out there camera phones to snap the train in action.

The three-mile track along Shilshole and the Locks is still active as the Ballard Terminal Rail Road continues to serve companies like Western Pioneer Shipping and Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel.