We tried one of each and I must admit, the food was not bad. So I was truly shocked when Ashley informed us there was no dining car onboard and that we had a choice of beef gyros or chicken salad for dinner. Passengers between Portland and Spokane, however, get the short end of the stick: their train has no dining car. The two trains meet in Spokane and are joined into a single, longer train. As I mentioned above, the eastbound Empire Builder begins in both Portland and Seattle at about the same time. I was looking forward to a fish dinner but learned I would be eating a boxed meal instead. The room had a blue night light which cast an eerie shadow over the room before we finally figured out how to turn it off. The ensuite restroom includes a toilet and shower combo with a sink on the outside.īedding was clean and included two large, plush pillows. The bedroom can accommodate up to three (two on the lower berth, one on the upper berth) but is best for two or two with a young child. ![]() The only difference was that the bathroom and sink were positioned slightly differently. ![]() Our bedroom was nearly identical to our bedroom on the Coast Starlight journey up. This is apparently’s Amtrak’s busiest long-distance route. The train would slowly fill up as we made more stops enroute to Chicago. Our sleeping car attendant, Ashley, welcomed us onboard and showed us to our room. Portland Union Station – Whitefish, Montana This service was Amtrak’s first to use a superliner bedroom (double decker) in 1979. The service was first inaugurated by the Great Northern Railway in 1929 and assumed by Amtrak in 1971. Amtrak’s Empire Builder train starts in both Seattle and Portland, mergers in Spokane, and continues to Chicago. One was injecting herself with a needle and the other was smoking a crack pipe…īoarding was called and we left Portland on time. As we stepped out of the station, we noticed a couple sitting on the ground outside. Unfortunately, Union Station appears to be in a pretty seedy area of town…or perhaps that is just Portland. While we checked out the Metropolitan Lounge, we used most of our time to take a walk around the station. My journey from from Portland, Oregon to Whitefish, Montana aboard Amtrak’s Empire Builder service was not what I expected, but still enjoyable.Īfter arriving from Los Angeles on the Coast Starlight, we had about an hour before continuing our journey to Montana.
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