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Honey, I Shrunk The Gorge! Model Railroad Re-Creates Iconic Region

By NWPB News February 15, 2019

Families and train lovers of all ages filter through the club's open houses in November. CREDIT: BRANDON SWANSON/OPB

The biggest model railroad club in the Northwest has hand-built everything from Union Station to Multnomah Falls in meticulous detail — with the occasional whimsical flourish (we see you, Bigfoot). Continue Reading Honey, I Shrunk The Gorge! Read More

Hearing On Washington Amtrak Derailment Zeroes In On Problematic Curves

By Ericka Cruz Guevarra July 13, 2018

Cars from an Amtrak train lie spilled onto Interstate 5 below alongside smashed vehicles as some train cars remain on the tracks in DuPont, Washington. CREDIT: ELAINE THOMPSON/AP

The engineer operating the doomed Amtrak 501 train traveling from Seattle to Portland on Dec. 18 last year told investigators the train had a different control panel and displays than what he was used to. Continue Reading Hearing On Read More

Oil Train Safety Rules Getting Rolled Back By Trump Administration

By Courtney Flatt December 8, 2017

Chris Hooper, right, of White Salmon watches the fire caused by a derailed oil train in Mosier, Oregon, near Hood River in the Columbia River Gorge on Friday, June 3, 2016. Listen The Trump administration is rolling back a requirement for trains carrying highly explosive liquids — like the oil trains that run through… Read More

By Bullet Train From Portland To Seattle To Vancouver, BC? Feasibility Study Underway

By Tom Banse July 27, 2017

With an assist from Microsoft, Washington state’s Department of Transportation has launched a feasibility study of bullet train service in Cascadia. Late this spring, the Washington Legislature budgeted $300,000 for a study of what it would take to connect the region’s biggest cities by bullet train—a train that would whisk you along at 250 miles per… Read More