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From the AMTRAK CASCADES on Facebook Here's your next chance to step foot on a new ODOT trainset: Come tour the Portland Express, this Friday at King Street Station in Seattle! On December 13, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Amtrak Cascades and Travel Portland will unveil the “Portland Express” train...

I just saw a story on the local NBC Affiliate KING5 in Seattle that there is currently a bill before the house that will allow crated animals on AMTRAK train trips of less than 750 miles. It is expected to pass both chambers & be in place by Christmas David Seattle

In an AP article dated for 10/14: The subject matter may have been discussed in earlier posts but I didnt see it, so I thought I;d pass it on WASHINGTON (AP) - Railroad officials say Amtrak carried a record number of passengers in the year ending Sept. 30 despite Northeast service that was...

AMTRAK #11 the Coast Starlight left Seattle this AM with two PV on the back. I was the Trails & Rails guide. When I looked out the last window of the coaches I saw the and thought it was the Silver Lariat. A private car that I see frequently on #11 & #14. After arrival in Portland I hung...

Does anyone know what the issue of 14/13 is? I got a message from T&R today that my trip tomorrow is cancelled as #14 will be annulled in PDX tonight with a 4 AM ETA. Passengers on 11/15 will be bussed to PDX for an on-time departure.

One of the new AMTRAK CASACDES Talgo sets have arrived in Seattle. It is parked on the first stub track at King Street Station. One of my fellow T&R guides commented yesterday, as we were about to depart on#11 the Coast Starlight, that it "looked like it was severely beaten with an ugly stick"...

"Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome aboard the Coast Starlight!" So began my 6th season as a Volunteer guide with the Trails & Rails program of the National Park Service and sponsored by the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Seattle. My co-guide was also veteran and we've...

I was asked a couple months ago to post my Coast Starlight Trails & Rails schedule. The guide coordinators have now completed the schedule for the season, so if any of you are on trains 11/14 on any of the following dates and riding between Seattle and Portland, stop by the SSL & meet a fellow...

A while ago I was asked to post my T&R schedule for the upcoming season. The guide managers do not have the whole season ready yeat but I do have my May schedule. I will be on #11 & #14 SEA/PDX/SEA on Sunday, May 19th and Sunday May 26th. So... if anyone out there will be aboard... come on...

I know some of the regulars here are not huge fans of the Trails and Rails program. But I am. I'm a T&R volunteer from Klondike Goldrush National Historical Park in Seattle and regularly work trains 11/14 between Seattle & Portland. I spent the day today in my annual guide's training program...

I just received in the mail a customer satisfaction survey for my 02/01 trip on #14. I'm sure they send this to everyone these days, but how many of you have completed it & returned it?

A rather extensive trip report on my LA/SEA #14 trip is posted in the "Trip Report" section" Trip Report

Needing a mid-winter train fix getaway, I found a great low-bucket roomette from LAUS to Seattle ($333) and I was off on my adventure. As seen on AU, I had a couple glitches in getting things started. I cannot have a lower room because it makes me sick, and I was originally booked into room...

Work has been extremely busy the last two weeks (No I havent been back to the office to get the epidemiology on Noro and ice... I will... I hope this week) and I failed to make my reservation at the Metro Plaza. When I went on-line today to actually make it, there are no rooms available for the...

Does anyone have a current menu for the PPC? The only one I can find on line is from 2008. As many times as I have take 11/14 I have never taken a meal in the PPC, but was thinking I might give it a try this upcoming trip.

I know I have asked similar questions on the past but am at work now and cannot find them in here... so two questions... Hotel near LAUPT? Moderate piced transportation between LAX and LAUPT. What is the economical way? Thanks David Seattle

Does anyone know the current low bucket rate for #11 SEA/LAX roomette? Best I cna find for October/November is $269.

BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas reports that a large landslide has closed the BNSF Columbia Gorge line between Pasco & Portland. Holding true to BNSF's policy on passenger traffic after these incidents, there will be a bustitution between Spokane & Portland for the next 3 days.

The NBC affilliate in Seattle, KINGTV, is reporting that an Olympia family is taking AMTRAK to court because their 15 year old daughter was put off a southbound AMTRAK Cascades train in Centralia, 80 miles short of her Portland destination because the AMTRAK conductor determined that she was too...

I thougth I'd take a little trip on either 11 or 14 before the T&R season starts & ride the entire trip. I was originally looking at a March 31 departure from LAX on #14 but the price of a roomette was $472!. I dont think so... Its a nice enough rolling hotel, but not quite THAT nice. I...