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Still on track at 50: Amtrak celebrates a half-century of operation – The Washington Post

By Justin Franz May 7, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. PDT

Amtrak’s Empire Builder crosses the Two Medicine River near East Glacier Park, Mont. The mountains of Glacier National Park loom in the distance. (Justin Franz/For The Washngton Post)

There are faster ways for me to get to Portland, Ore., or Seattle from my home in Montana’s Flathead Valley, not far from Glacier National Park.

Alaska Airlines offers multiple flights a day to either city that can get me there in less time than it would take to watch the in-flight movie.

But if I have the time to spare, I will take Amtrak.

Source: Still on track at 50: Amtrak celebrates a half-century of operation – The Washington Post