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Healthy progress for Seattle’s Sounder; some setbacks
Several commuter rail projects underway in Seattle, but no monies coming from...
- Topics:
- Politics
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- TRAINS Magazine, February 01, 2008
- Metainfo:
- 485 words
- 16.2 inches
Seattle’s Metropolitan bus and rail system, Sound Transit, completed a remark- able year with several long-anticipated capital projects. But future expansion is less certain, after voters defeated a proposed tax increase for new transportation projects. Seattle’s Central Link, which will be the agency’s first light rail system, was the biggest focus of construction for 2007.
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The Grande Dame
Portland Union Terminal has seen hard times, but the centurion still serves...
- Topics:
- Business
- Politics
- Travel
- Published:
- TRAINS Magazine, November 01, 2005
- Metainfo:
- 3107 words
- 103.6 inches
The graceful Richardson Romanesque tower that soars overhead, with its still functioning 1890s Seth Thomas clock, and 1940s vintage “Go By Train” neon sign, is unmatched by any of the great united terminals with which the station shares its name. Others are grander, a few are older. But rare is it to find such a spectacular, photogenic survivor of the gaslight era.
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The Rookie Year
Reminiscences of a first-year brakeman
- Topics:
- Travel
- Other
- Published:
- TRAINS Magazine, August 01, 2005
- Metainfo:
- 1313 words
- 43.8 inches
I stood at the back door of the coach, hidden from the passengers in the vestibule, taking a moment to myself at my favorite spot. Outside, through the open door, the ties merged and became one as we traveled down the track at a fine clip. The late summer sun — a trickster tempting with warmth while the winds bit with a chill foretaste of autumn — drenched the pastoral landscape in amber and gold as we passed.
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