r/AmtrakCascades

Taking the train from Seattle to Vancouver BC next week. I've read that the left side of the train has the water views. I've never ridden the train north. Does it pull out of the station heading north or does it back out and turn around somehow? I'm just trying to figure out which will be the left side of the train.

Also are coach seats first come first sit? Last time I rode the Cascades to Portland (years ago) they assigned us a seat before we got on the train.

Thanks in advance.

Hi folks, anyone know which trains, if any, are running the Talgo 8 set right now? Previous comments have said 517/518, but I'm sure the whole operation is out of whack right now. Thanks!

Arggh. 17 August -- this coming Monday!

Rather than post YT links, just hop over to /r/Portland and click on a few there.

The talking heads think that it will take a minimum of two weeks to knock enough of the rest of the building down, to open the tracks to passenger traffic. (Union Pacific is running freight through there unhindered, but they don't have passengers that might sue if a brick falls on their head.)

Going through a labor dispute at work. Thought I would take my mind off things and wake up early in the morning to go catch the train at the Tukwila station, right after King's Street Station in Seattle on the way to Portland.

It was on August 3rd with more tests on the same route on August 6th.

That day it never made it to Portland as some idiot set a historic building on fire near the Portland train station and it was under the risk of collapse so the train turned back but made it as far as Vancouver, WA.

Hope you like the video.