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Amtrak Empire Builder 75th Anniversary

Chicago Illinois to Seattle Washington

June 11 to June 13, 2004

By Richard Elgenson, RailNews Network

   

   

Finally, the Empire Builder has met up with the Columbia River.

   

   

   

There is a sign  visible below and left of the transmission wires on the dan that reads:  "Rock Island Dam, Chelan County Public Utilities District, Owned by the people we serve".

   

The Empire Builder is going to cross the Columbia River on the bridge in the center of the below left photograph.  Conductor Paula informed me that this bridge was a "bridge within a bridge."  Apparently the bridge had to be replaced without taking the original bridge out of service.

   

   

   

   

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