Recent content by natebofto

I've seen this, but not what I was referring to. It would essentially reset all the trains and schedules before the December 18th change was made. This includes eliminating the 2 added round trips.

I've heard from another railfan friend that all Amtrak Cascades trains will be reverting back to the old schedules and numbers pre December 18th, beginning Tuesday January 2nd. This includes Oregon's segment where southbound trains had no connections north of Portland for their morning trains...

Here we go again, state of Oregon. The current state budget proposal states to reduce "general fund" funding for Portland-Eugene, OR segment of Amtrak Cascades. Same thing happened 2 years ago and funding was replaced and since then: WAY more convenient schedule changes for PDX-EUG have...

Planning a trip from Eugene, OR to Laramie, WY next year for a college football game when Oregon plays at Wyoming. Never been to Wyoming so I'm stoked, and will stop by the old Laramie depot. I know Amtrak did some studies on this years ago, but does anyone know Amtrak's/local governments'...

What I'm interested in seeing is the fact that they want 6 round trips between Eugene and Portland within 20 years. While I would absolutely love that, I also question how that would be done? I assume double main track as much as they can, but their needs to be a dedicated funding source because...