We will be traveling in May, the only reason to go to Vancouver was to ride the Talgo train set. I guess I'll wait till mid April and change the last part of our trip if they are still running Superliners.Thank you for the replies.
Trainut
Hi Trainut, you will be riding "my" train if you come out and go to Vancouver. I rode it up last Saturday and came back down to Bellingham on Monday night.
By May, they will surely have the second run figured out, which will extend the train that comes up from Seattle and stays over night in Bellingham now, so that it stays over night in Vancouver instead, and comes back down in the morning. That train is a Talgo train.
It's possible that by May we will not have our Superliners anymore, but I doubt it. I think we will have them for quite a while which is fine with me, I like them.
I appreciate ALC rail writer's comment above "But I still despise the Talgos in every way" LOL. I don't like them much either and have known some of the guys who worked on them with the structural defect besides the refurbishment and they have a low opinion of them too.
They also hit the rails wrong when you get north of the border and it throws the car from side to side making a very uncomfortable ride. There's a brilliantly clear post somewhere explaining exactly why this is, I have it saved somewhere if someone wants to know.
Anyway I have been lucky to be spoiled on the Superliners. Of course you want to see the Talgos because they are the only ones in the US, right? They have nice big handicapped restrooms. They have a TV screen that shows your progress along the route and plays movies.
They have nice big windows too.
You could always ride the train up to Bellingham and stay over, it is a very nice destination, beautiful location, MAY is the perfect perfect time to be visiting in the PNW, flowers everywhere like you would not believe, and the weather is cool and misty so they flowers stay on for weeks, literally. You might see the tulip fields in the Skagit valley south of Bellingham.
If you don't have a lot of time to spend in Vancouver it can be kind of overwhelming for one day I think, if you don't know your way around. I could tell you fun things to do for a day trip though, that are cheap and get you good views of the city.
Keep Bellingham in mind, it's smaller and not much traffic and super easy to get around by bus, we have good bus service and cabs too. There are wonderful parks right by the water but you need inside information to find the trail heads and stuff. I can help you out.
Talgos go to Bellingham and stay overnight but by May they will continue to Vancouver too, and come back in the morning.
Superliners go to Bellingham and get you there in the morning, or continue to Vancouver to get you there at noon. Assuming it is still Superliners by May.
Coming out here in May you ought to make your focus be getting out and looking at flowers even if it's just boulevard trees and people's yards, because it is really spectacular everywhere you look. There are really cool public gardens that are worth visiting but I'm sure you know that.