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Seattle Weekly's The Daily Weekly (hey, that's what they call it) For years, Seattle's high-tech public transit showcase was the monorail. Then Portland built MAX light rail and the Portland Streetcar; now Seattle's battling to catch up with their neighbors to the south.

PaulM, you can say that again. Is BNSF upgrading the line used by the EB east of Minot, or would they like to downgrade if not abandon it altogether, since the primary route used for freight trains is diagonally between Minot and Fargo? Wasn't there some welded rail in Portland, Oregon...

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Not so relaxing for passengers, however.

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Those must be the only things your penthouse suite lacks, however.

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Best to get dirty laundry out quickly, and hope for the inevitable next scandal somewhere else to come along and replace it ASAP.

Shasta DaylightIt ran much of the route that is now covered by The Coast Starlight; however, unlike the current Amtrak service, it passed Mt. Shasta in the daytime, as its name would suggest.

Wikipedia article about cessation of The Cape Codder service, which started in 1986:

Either not enough expected demand, lack of equipment availability, and/or lack of track availability.

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Washington state already has the highest gasoline taxes in the country at 37.5¢ per gallon. Raising them is not likely to do much good.

This does not mean, however, that you automatically get the penthouse suite. You will need to have some additional connections.

Train 11 sometimes runs late? Perish the thought!

If they use Superliners, how many cars will a train have? I've seen them run with only 1 or 2 in pre-Cascades days.

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Was the truck grossly oversized, or was the margin of safety razor-thin?