route: Columbia River Subdivision (Spokane, WA to Wenatchee, WA) Scenic Subdivision (Wenatchee, WA to Seattle, WA) Portland-Seattle route: Lakeside Subdivision (Spokane, WA to Pasco, WA) Fallbridge Subdivision (Pasco, WA to Portland, OR) Seattle Subdivision (Vancouver, WA to Seattle, WA) The former Northern Pacific Railway route via Stampede Pass through Pasco and Auburn, WA to Tacoma, WA has had a checkered history. Since 1996 it has been a third route to the coast. As of 2010 it was seldom used but still in service. Stampede Pass line: Yakima Valley Subdivision (Pasco, WA to Ellensburg, WA) Stampede Subdivision (Ellensburg, WA to Auburn, WA) Proposed projects Electrification of entire routes conjunction with Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, to release diesel locomotives to relocate to Texas, Oklahoma, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Grade separation of crossing with the other railroads. Reconstruction of Fargo station area. Track doubling east of Wenatchee station. See also Southern Transcon References BNSF Railway lines