Passenger Trains > Amtrak 2010 Cross County Train Trip: Part 4: PDX+EB loop to SEA

The next two nights, I spent in Portland. This was in September of 2010, I think. I was able to ride the entire MAX system but since I went, the system has expanded. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to ride or railfan WES because of Amtrak Train # 14 being delayed by about 3 hours.
1. Night shot of Downtown Portland with MAX Light Rail in background.

2. MAX Green Line Light Rail bound for Clackamas at Pioneer Courthouse SW 6th St Sta.

3. PDXs Union Sta after Dark. The old Go By Train slogan.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/20 11:45 by Passfanatic.

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1. Amtrak Cascades Train # 500, being pushed by P42 # 65, is about to stop at PDX, enroute from Eugene-Springfield to Seattle.

2. An overhead view of the tracks at Union Station, with Cascades Train # 500 in the background.

3. Type 3 LRVs sit at Expo Center Terminus of the Yellow Line.

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1. Taken at Expo Center Station, very close to the Washington State Line.

2. Amtrak Baby Builder PDX Section Train # 27 is only seconds from ending its run at Union Station.

3. A Cascades Livery F59PHI sits in Union Station before heading to Seattle.

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1. The Superliners belong to the consist of Train # 27, as it sits at Union Station with Portlands skyline in the background.

2. I'm riding a Green Line train crossing I-205 near Gateway / NE 99th TC Stop. On the right of the highway, is the MAX Red Line trackage to the Portland International Airport.

3. Type 4 Siemens SD70 at Clackamas Town Center Terminus of Green Line. Looking toward PDX.

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1. A Siemens Type 4 Set resting at Clackamas Towne Center Station.

2. A Type 1 LRV at Cleveland Ave Terminus in Gresham. Looking east toward the end of the track.

3. Looking west toward Downtown PDX, Beaverton, and Hillsboro from Cleveland Avenue MAX Station.

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1. We are looking toward the end of the track at Clackamas Town Center Station.

2. Type 1 at Gateway/99th NE TC heading for Gresham.

3. A Siemens Type 4 Set resting at Portland International Airports Station.

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1. A Green Line MAX Train pauses at NW Hoyt Sta.

2. Amtrak Coast Starlight Train # 14 departs PDX on time, behind two P42s and a foreign visitor, for those who live in Northern California and points north of there.

3. The visitor is Pacific Surfliner Livery F59PHI # 460.

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1. Amtrak Coast Starlight Train # 14 leaves Portland Station behind and is on or close to schedule as it heads for Seattle. Next stop is Vancouver, Washington.

2. A Cascades Talgo Consist and Train # 28 sit beside one another at Union Station.

Now my two night stay in Portland has come to an end and I make the trip to Seattle by way of the Builder Circuit-Train # 28 to Spokane where I will switch to Train # 7 in the wee hours of the night.

3. Shortly after leaving PDX on Empire Builder PDX Section Train # 28, we pass a BNSF GP.

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1. Viewed from Amtrak Train # 28, we are rolling along the Columbia River and I think one of those bridges in the distance belongs to the UP Line that runs on the south bank of the Columbia River.

2. Taken from the window of Amtrak Train # 7, this is Everett Station.

3. Rear view from Amtrak Train # 7 as we roll along Puget Sound just as we get closer to Seattle.

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1. Ballard Locks Bridge-viewed from the rear of Amtrak Train # 7.

2. I think this is Interbay Yard in Seattle-taken from Amtrak Train # 7.

3. Amtrak Train # 7 at Seattle King Street Station.

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1. Amtrak Train # 7 at Seattle King Street Station.

2. Interior of King Street Station in Seattle.

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King Street Station was still in it's 1960's remodel garb, and since then has been restored to it's original glory. It looks like in your photo the drop ceiling panels had been removed, exposing skylights that had been covered up. Today the place looks fantasstic.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/20 07:39 by alally8444.

#1 is taken approaching Bingen, WA. The bridge is the interstate bridge ownes by the Port of Hood River (Oregon).