Spokane/Whitefish/Livingston/Missoula/Spokane
Includes changes received as of 8/4/04. You can view the cars participating in the Eastern and Western trains along with which cars are selling space, by clicking here
September 18 - September 26 |
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| Tentative Schedule-Western Section | ||||||||||
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Miles | Notes
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| Friday, Sept 17 | All cars but Vista Canyon and Jane Marie join the Empire Builder at | Portland | ||||||||
| Saturday, Sept. 18 | ||||||||||
| 1:15 AM | PT | 0 | Spokane |
Vista Canyon and Jane Marie join Empire Builder | ||||||
| 2:47 AM | 69 | Sandpoint |
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| 5:41 AM | MT | Libby, MT |
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| 7:26 AM | 257 | Whitefish |
Cars dropped | Visit Glacier Park | ||||||
| Click here for details on a Special tour to the Park | ||||||||||
| Sunday, Sept. 19 | ||||||||||
| 7:00 AM | MT | 0 | Whitefish |
Start of special western train | ||||||
| 9:40 AM | 149 | Shelby |
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| 12:30 PM | 249 | Great Falls |
Service train | Note 2 | ||||||
| Monday, Sept. 20 | ||||||||||
| 7:00 AM | 0 | Great Falls |
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| 1:20 PM | 224 | Mossmain |
To Montana Rail Link | MRL Pilot | ||||||
| 5:00 PM | 360 | Livinston |
Service train | Note 3 | ||||||
| Tuesday, Sept. 21 | Livingston |
Access to Yellowstone & Teton | ||||||||
| National Parks | ||||||||||
| Consolidate with Eastern Train | ||||||||||
| Wednesday, Sept. 22 | ||||||||||
| 7:00 AM | 0 | Livingston |
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| 8:00 AM | 25 | Bozeman |
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| 10:00 AM | 98 | Helena |
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| 11:30 AM | 148 | Garrison |
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| 3:00 PM | 218 | Missoula |
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| Thursday, Sept. 23 | Missoula Convention |
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| Friday, Sept. 24 | Missoula Convention |
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| Saturday, Sept. 25 | Missoula Convention |
Service train | ||||||||
| Sunday, Sept. 26 | ||||||||||
| 6:30 AM | 0 | Missoula |
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| 9:00 AM | 71 | Paradise |
Operate via 10th subdivision | |||||||
| 12:30 PM | MT | 189 | Sandpoint |
Set out western cars | ||||||
| Eastern train: | ||||||||||
| 1:30 PM | MT | 189 | Sandpoint |
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| 5:30 PM | 377 | Whitefish |
Service train | |||||||
| Western train: | ||||||||||
| 1:00 PM | PT | 189 | Sandpoint |
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| 3:00 PM | 256 | Spokane |
Service train | |||||||
Notes
Except for initial start each day, train may operate ahead of schedule
1. If a second locomotive unit is required it will be a non-Amrak unit
2. At Great Falls engines will fuel at Yard Office upon arrival. Passengers should not detrin. Train will then be spotted on Fort Benton main.
3. At Livinston trains will park at Talgo LRC facility on adjacent tracks with center roadway.