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Here is the combined Portland sections of the Empire Builder and
North Coast Limited pulling into Vancouver, Washington, on their way to
Spokane and Chicago.
On the left is NP 408 in Puyallup, Washington, in 1967, and GN #459
in Vancouver, Washington, on its way to Seattle, in 1968, with coaches,
dining car and sleepers from Oakland.
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Below are photos of the Empire Builder at unknown locations in 1969.
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Seattle schedule board, 1968. Note that Union Pacific ran a train
between Portland and Seattle. And that everything is on time!
Here's NP's Mainstreeter in or near Missoula, Montana, in 1967.
Here, again, the Mainstreeter in Missoula, 1967 and 1969.
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In all it's magnificent glory, the Empire Builder in Glacier Park,
1966.
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Below, the Western Star at Glacier Park in 1966.
Here's the Empire Builder in Havre, bedecked in 'Big Sky Blue" in
1967.
Much further east, we catch the North Coast Limited cruising through
the eastern Montana prairie in 1967.
Finally, a glimpse of Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha, in Montana,
1973. Look closely and you'll see cars from the UP, Burlington, Amtrak,
Great Northern and NP.