All Aboard!
May 17th through May 19th, the train ride.


This "kid" is excited already just being at the Promenade Lounge, Union Station, Portland, Oregon
May 17th, 2014














This is the roomette (daytime) 2 wide seats facing each other.















The corridor is very narrow, passing each other is a challenge.













Columbia River, from Washington side, looking south to Oregon.














No, my lens is not dirty, it is the Amtrak's window! Looking west.















As an experiment, I brought my "home phone" with me.














Pasco, the hub for BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) railroad.
We made an unscheduled stop here due to freight train.















May 18th morning, the two seats become my bed, Pokie sleeps at the upper bunk bed.
Happy Birthday kid!
















Desolate small town in Montana.














Havre, Montana
On the right is "Great Northern S-2 locomotive.














Meet "Walt", our cabin attendant, he makes the bed for us at night.
















This is the dining car, lunch is served!















Pokie really "enjoys" the ride!

















Observatory car, many activities in here.















This is the cafe to buy snacks if the dining car is closed!













Typical North Dakota plains















Minot, North Dakota
















We stopped too long at this station, about an hour and a half.















This is Central time already, we made our dinner reservation at 6:45 Mountain time.
We constantly have to adjust our watches.















Meet my high school friend Hendrik and his wife Rosa
They boarded the train in Minneapolis/St. Paul
We are late by 3.5 hours now, another 8 hours to Chicago
May 19th, 2014







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