By Tom Banse, Spokane Public Radio; October 22, 2019
As scenic train rides go, it would be a plum ticket. Pacific
Northwest passenger rail buffs are gathering in La Grande, Oregon, this
Saturday to drum up support to bring back part of a long ago canceled
Amtrak route, the Pioneer.
The old Amtrak route started in Seattle, went south to Portland, then east through the Columbia River Gorge to Boise, and then to Salt Lake City, with an onward connection to Chicago.