fairviewroad
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Salem, OR (SLM) has six rail departures each day...aside from the COVID-era, it's been that way for 20-some years. Two Cascades in each direction and the Coast Starlight in each direction, seven days a week.
With a single platform and track, it's rare to have passengers for more than one departure awaiting a train at any given time as the trains are normally scheduled hours apart.
But last night, thanks to two late-running Starlights, a total of three trains departed Salem in relatively quick succession.
The southbound Starlight (11) departed at 6:01 p.m., about 2 1/2 hours late.
A northbound Cascades (508) departed at 6:16 p.m., about 30 minutes late.
The northbound Starlight (14) departed at 6:26 p.m., about 4 1/2 hours late.
So that's three trains in 25 minutes...and probably close to 200 passengers arriving/departing in that span. (I was among that number, getting off 508 and wading through a large crowd on the platform to get to my car.)
Quite the night at Salem.
With a single platform and track, it's rare to have passengers for more than one departure awaiting a train at any given time as the trains are normally scheduled hours apart.
But last night, thanks to two late-running Starlights, a total of three trains departed Salem in relatively quick succession.
The southbound Starlight (11) departed at 6:01 p.m., about 2 1/2 hours late.
A northbound Cascades (508) departed at 6:16 p.m., about 30 minutes late.
The northbound Starlight (14) departed at 6:26 p.m., about 4 1/2 hours late.
So that's three trains in 25 minutes...and probably close to 200 passengers arriving/departing in that span. (I was among that number, getting off 508 and wading through a large crowd on the platform to get to my car.)
Quite the night at Salem.