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Hiawatha Pete

(1,969 posts) Fri Dec 8, 2023, 02:23 PM Dec 2023

A North American Train Odyssey (Part 4 of 4) Seattle to Chicago on Amtrak's "Empire Builder"

This video is fourth in a 4-part series documenting our journey across Canada & the US by rail in the spring of 2023

-In Part 1 we took VIA Rail's "Canadian" from Toronto to Vancouver

-In Part 2 we explored Vancouver Island by rental car, ferry & tour train

-In Part 3 we journeyed south from Vancouver aboard Amtrak's "Cascades" to Seattle

-And here in Part 4 we travel east from Seattle aboard Amtrak's "Empire Builder" to Chicago & "Lakeshore Limited" to Buffalo

For more videos, trip reports, & pics, see my website at: https://northamericabyrail.info/

For those who missed parts 1, 2 & 3 of my video series, they can be found on my website at:
https://northamericabyrail.info/feature-video-a-north-american-train-odyssey-canada-the-u-s-by-rail-april-2023/

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A North American Train Odyssey (Part 4 of 4) Seattle to Chicago on Amtrak's "Empire Builder" (Original Post) Hiawatha Pete Dec 2023 OP

Really nice, I took the empire builder train back in the 80s Walleye Dec 2023 #1

Thanks for checking out my travelogues, Walley! Hiawatha Pete Dec 2023 #4

mom and i rode this train several times . once we got off at glacier np and enjoyed it. AllaN01Bear Dec 2023 #2

Thanks for checking out my travelogues, AllaN01Bear! Hiawatha Pete Dec 2023 #5

i quit utube a while ago . but it is great to see u posting again. also u are involking memories in my brain. AllaN01Bear Dec 2023 #6

in the old days the old cascade service and the desert wind service would meet up w the ca zypher in salt lake city and AllaN01Bear Dec 2023 #3

This is the one route in the US northwest... 2naSalit Dec 2023 #7

No problem, my pleasure! Thanks for checking out my post, 2naSalit! Hiawatha Pete Dec 2023 #8

Walleye

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1. Really nice, I took the empire builder train back in the 80s

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Fri Dec 8, 2023, 02:27 PM

Dec 2023

Me and my boyfriend first class in the room and everything, we had stopped in Seattle on the way back from our salmon fishing in Alaska with a lot of money and made even more money at the racetrack, so took the train first class it was great