Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Amtrak to restart Cascades trains from Vancouver to Seattle soon

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amtrak-cascades-vancouver-seattle-restart-2022

Of course on the BC side its still mostly a single track corridor.

By now the New_Westminster_Rail_Bridge should have been twinned.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/TRAIN_BRIDGE_FIRE_1979-80_1.tif.jpg 
https://upload.wikimedia.org/New_Westminster_Swing_Bridge.jpg 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Westminster_Bridge 

The Steel_Bridge in Portland has 2 heavy rail tracks on the lower level.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Amtrak_talgo_train_crossing_steel_bridge.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/Amtrak_Cascades_in_Vancouver_BC.jpg Unfortunately, this freight & passenger train corridor hasn't been double tracked yet.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Portland_OR_aerial.jpg Portland provides several bridges. 
https://upload.wikimedia.org/New_Westminster_Aerial_view_2015.jpg Where as the NW & BC approach is to have the minimum amount of bridges possible. There was such a lack of vision for NW as plumbing & wiring were brought into the west coast of Canada. The rail corridors in Greater_Vancouver have always been lacking, as is the road network.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/Lower_Mainland_of_British_Columbia_2012.jpg