Skip to content

Home
Today’s News Stories
About Us
Services
Contact Us
California Portfolio
Hi-Level Elements
History and a Portfolio of the Possibilities of North American Passenger Rail

Tag: Mainstreeter

U.S.: Stephen Gardner’s Amtrak Empire Builder in past better days competed spiritedly with the North Coast Limited, Mainstreeter, Olympian Hiawatha and Western Star

August 12, 2022 Administrator

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform on March 15, 2021. It has been updated and photographs and…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Amtrak, Freight Railroads, History, Intercity Passenger Train, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Operators, Passenger Trains Filed under: Amtrak, Billings, Burlington, Chicago, Chicago Union Station, City of Portland, Dome Cars, Empire Builder, Great Domes, Great Northern, History, Intercity, James J Hill, Mainstreeter, Montana, North Coast Limited, Northern Pacific, Olympian Hiawatha, Oregon, Passenger Food and Amenities, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Portland, Pullman Sleeping Cars, Pullman Touralux, Rail Passenger, Seattle, Skytop Lounge, Spokane, Spokane Portland and Seattle, Streamliners, Superliners, The Western Star, Transportation, Travel, Union Pacific, Washington

U.S., Montana: Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority is doing many of the right things for new passenger train development

May 19, 2022 Administrator

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform on December 5, 2020. It has been updated and has new…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority, History, Intercity Passenger Train, New Passenger Train Development, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Operators, Passenger Trains, Private Passenger Train Developers, Railroad Industry Filed under: Amtrak, Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority, Cascades Mountains, Chicago, Coast Daylight, Dining Car, Great Baked Potato, Illinois, Intercity, Intercity Trains, Main Street of the Northwest, Mainstreeter, Montana, Most Beautiful Passenger Train in the World, North Coast Hiawatha, Northern Pacific, Oregon, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Portland, Rail Passenger, Raymond Lowey, Seattle, Southern Pacific, Stephen Gardner, The Milwaukee Road, Transportation, Travel, Vista-Dome North Coast Limited, Washington

U.S.: Year of the train? Advocates look to restore passenger rail along Montana’s southern route

January 6, 2020 Administrator

By Martin Kidston, Missoula Current, KZBK 7; January 5, 2020 While it’s been more than four decades since passenger rail…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Amtrak, New Passenger Train Development Filed under: 1971, 1979, Amtrak, Billings, BNSF, Bozeman, Chicago, Economic Development, Empire Builder, Helena, Illinois, Intercity, Livingston, Mainstreeter, Miles City, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, New Passenger Train Development, North Coast Hiawatha, North Coast Limited, Northern Pacific, Oregon, Paradise, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Portland, Restoring route of North Coast Hiawatha, Spokane, Tourism, Transportation, Travel, Washington

Montana: Missoula County lobbies for costly return of passenger rail service

October 4, 2019 Administrator

By Dave Stalling, Missoula Current, KXLH 9; October 4, 2019 Missoula County commissioners on Thursday expressed their interest in restoring…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: New Passenger Train Development Filed under: Amtrak, Begin talk with leaders from other counties while looking for fderal grants and other assistance, Chicago, Costs could be recovered in economic and other public benefits, County commissions expressed interest in restoring passenger rail service to Missoula, Empire Builder, Illinois, Intercity, Mainstreeter, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, Montana Rail Link, New Passenger Train Development, North Coast Limited, Northern Pacific, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Seattle, Transportation, Travel, Washington

Search for:

Recent Posts

U.S.: Christmas holiday ads and images from Amtrak and its railroad ancestors
U.S., The big railroad Amtrak forgot: The Chicago and North Western System was a huge granger railroad and operated lots and lots of passenger trains
U.S., Amtrak stations: Railroads built temples to themselves; some good, some very good, some still used by Amtrak

Archives

Recent Posts

U.S.: Christmas holiday ads and images from Amtrak and its railroad ancestors
U.S., The big railroad Amtrak forgot: The Chicago and North Western System was a huge granger railroad and operated lots and lots of passenger trains
U.S., Amtrak stations: Railroads built temples to themselves; some good, some very good, some still used by Amtrak
U.S.: After the federal government mortally wounded passenger trains in 1967, Amtrak was created to clean up the mess
U.S., National Railroad Passenger Corporation: What’s in a passenger train and railroad name? Much more than you think.

Copyright © 2021 Corridor Rail Development — Velux WordPress theme by GoDaddy