Ah, but there's good news tonight!!!According to a verbal agreement among Amtrak, Union Pacific and the Oregon Department of Transportation, a second Cascades train will begin operating between Portland and Eugene, Ore. on Sept. 15.
Northbound, train #752 will depart Eugene at 09:30, arriving in Portland at 12 noon to connect with a midday Portland-Seattle Cascades departing at 12:30.
Southbound, train #753 will depart Portland at 17:30 with a connection from the midday Seattle-Portland Cascades arriving in Portland at 17:15. It will arrive back in Eugene at about 20:05.
Both trains will make intermediate stops in Salem and Albany. Eventually, both will also serve a new stop under development in Oregon City, just south of Portland.
The trains will use one of the four Cascades Talgo trainsets currently operating in the Pacific Northwest. The plan, according to reports, is to use the set currently in Seattle-Vancouver, B.C. service, replacing that one with the blue-and-silver Talgo originally earmarked for the long-delayed (and now further delayed) Los Angeles-Las Vegas service.
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