The train doesn't stop here anymore ... Amtrak NPCU 90252 is on point of the morning Cascades service from Vancouver, BC to Portland, OR. The train has just cleared customs and is rolling past the former Great Northern Depot in Blaine. The station in Blaine was last used by Amtrak in 1981 when the Pacific International service ended.
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 The TALGO trainsets that were the line's backbone for many years were withdrawn from service after they were cited in the 2017 crash
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.
