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Empire Builder (Portland section)

Chicago → Portland · United States

The Empire Builder’s Portland half: it leaves the Seattle cars at Spokane in the night and follows the Columbia River from Pasco down its gorge to Portland, a section Amtrak brought back in 1981.

Distance
3,609 km
Fastest time
≈ 46 h
Average speed
78 km/h
Top speed
127 km/h

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Empire Builder (Portland section), Chicago to Portland
Photo · Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Stations

  1. 0 kmChicago Union Station +14
  2. 28 kmGlenview +3
  3. 138 kmMilwaukee +3
  4. 241 kmColumbus +2
  5. 286 kmPortage +2
  6. 313 kmWisconsin Dells +2
  7. Show 29 more stations
    1. 386 kmTomah +2
    2. 452 kmLa Crosse +2
    3. 494 kmWinona +2
    4. 594 kmRed Wing +2
    5. 658 kmSaint Paul Union Depot +2
    6. 778 kmSaint Cloud +1
    7. 883 kmStaples +1
    8. 982 kmDetroit Lakes +1
    9. 1,060 kmFargo +1
    10. 1,180 kmGrand Forks +1
    11. 1,317 kmDevils Lake +1
    12. 1,409 kmRugby +1
    13. 1,507 kmMinot +1
    14. 1,593 kmStanley +1
    15. 1,699 kmWilliston +1
    16. 1,870 kmWolf Point +1
    17. 1,949 kmGlasgow +1
    18. 2,054 kmMalta +1
    19. 2,194 kmHavre +1
    20. 2,361 kmShelby +1
    21. 2,400 kmCut Bank +1
    22. 2,454 kmBrowning +1
    23. 2,475 kmEast Glacier Park +1
    24. 2,522 kmEssex +1
    25. 2,564 kmWest Glacier +1
    26. 2,600 kmWhitefish +1
    27. 2,763 kmLibby +1
    28. 2,898 kmSandpoint +1
    29. 3,004 kmSpokane +1
  8. 3,237 kmPasco
  9. 3,438 kmWishram
  10. 3,487 kmBingen-White Salmon
  11. 3,592 kmVancouver +2
  12. 3,608 kmPortland Union Station +2

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

  • Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 9 m from it
  • Checked against the running timetable via Amtrak: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of the Empire Builder to Chicago
  • Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Empire Builder (Portland section)?

The Empire Builder (Portland section) runs 3,609 km from Chicago to Portland.

How long does the Empire Builder (Portland section) take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 46 h for the 3,609 km. That is an average of 78 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 127 km/h.

Who runs the Empire Builder (Portland section)?

Amtrak.

How old is the Empire Builder (Portland section)?

The line has been in service since 1981. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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