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The Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad resumed train operations with a limited excursion schedule in September and October, 2023. After a hiatus since 2019, the historic steam engine “Polson 70” proudly pulled two vintage passenger cars, an open-air car, and a specially outfitted baggage car, serving as a concession and gift shop.
State Route 706 (SR 706, also known as the Road to Paradise [2]) is a state highway in Pierce County, in the U.S. state of Washington.It extends 13.64 miles (21.95 km) from SR 7 in the census-designated place (CDP) of Elbe east to the Longmire gate of Mount Rainier National Park.
The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad was the brainchild of L. T. "Tom" Murray Jr., President of the Murray Pacific Corporation. The Mount Rainier Scenic was, and is today, an excursion road that shuttles passengers about seven miles on former Tacoma Eastern tracks through the foothills of Mount Rainier using antique train equipment. The primary ...
[19] [20] The Mount Rainier was renamed the Cascadia in October 1995; the new name reflected the joint Oregon–Washington operations of the train. [21] A third Seattle–Portland corridor train began in the spring of 1998 with leased Talgo equipment, replacing the discontinued long-distance Pioneer. The other Seattle–Portland/Eugene trains ...
Mount Rainier ‡ Seattle – Portland May 1, 1971 October 29, 1994 Inherited from an unnamed BN train; unnamed until 1971. Southbound ran to Eugene from 1980 to 1981 as the return from a Willamette Valley trip. Seattle – Eugene October 30, 1994 October 29, 1995 Renamed Cascadia. Northwest Talgo: Seattle – Portland April 1, 1994 September ...
Ashford is located in southeastern Pierce County in the Cascade Range. It is on the north side of the Nisqually River and is bisected by State Route 706, the main access road to Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park. [6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km 2), all of it land. [7]
Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA) Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR) operates Lewis and Clark Railway (LINC) Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad (PSAP) (GWRR) Rainier Rail (RANR) (FTRX) St. Paul & Pacific Northwest Railroad (STPP) Spokane, Spangle & Palouse Railway (SS&P) Tri-City Railroad (TCRY) Tacoma Rail (TMBL, TRMW) Union Pacific ...
After it descends the mountains, US 12 intersects SR 410 (formerly US 410) west of Naches, which serves Chinook Pass, Cayuse Pass, and the White River entrance of Mount Rainier National Park. [9] East of Naches, US 12 widens once again to four lanes as it approaches the city of Yakima. [1] There, it has an interchange with I-82 and US 97 at ...