Amtrak's Mt. Rainer passes under its namesake mountain as the train approaches Puyallup, WA on its way to a station stop at Tacoma. This train was one of the Seattle-Portland short haul trains that replaced the pre-Amtrak pool trains operated by BN and UP. These in turn were replaced by the modern Cascades service Talgo trains running currently. The E8 is former CB&Q 9941B.
Huge Album that Includes over 2,600+ photos of classic passenger trains across USA & Canada before and during the time of Amtrak & VIA Rail. More Images will be Added.
From Vancouver, BC, to Eugene, OR, this route runs along stretches of Puget Sound and the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. The TALGO trainsets that were the line's backbone for many years were withdrawn from service after they were cited in the 2017 crash
Photos of North America's favorite First Generation locomotives. EMD, ALCO, Baldwin; essentially anything that represents the OG wide cab diesel locomotive
With two sections of the Empire Builder, the Coast Starlight, Seattle, the Cascade Mountains, Columbia Valley and Puget Sound, Washington state offers rail buffs plenty of variety and beauty.
