This post originally appeared on Orphan Road.
This ought to help the Amtrak Cascades: a Port of Vancouver (WA) investment to ease congestion for trains coming from the Columbia River as well as North-South runs headed for Seattle.
Anything that can make speed up the Portland-Seattle passenger trains is welcome.
PS: the article contains this fascinating unsupported assertion: “Oregon rail support pales next to Washington state.” Per capita? Per ton of freight? Per rail-mile? Maybe all of the above. We’ll have to do some digging here…