Tacoma, WA is an intermedate stop on the Amtrak Cascades, the Coast Starlight stops as well. The Amtrak Station is located a little ways outside the city of Tacoma, and is completely seperate from Sounder Commuter Rail's Tacama Dome Station, which is located a few blocks down Puyallup Avenue. This walk is through heavy industry, and is not all that nice. The small Tacoma LINK Light Rail, can also be connected to here. Their is also a historic Union Station, located in the hart of downtown that has a big sign on it saying that the Amtrak station isn't their. Union Station's current use is as a federal court building. The current station, has a fairly big parking lot, and the station house has the 1970s Amtrak desing, all station signs have the old Amtrak 'inverted arrow'. Their is decent sized waiting, area and a ticket office with checked baggage service. Their is one fairly long platform, portions of it have gotten the tactile warning strip treatment.
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| (tacoma1) The station entrance, and the entrance to the parking lot from Puylallup Avenue. Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 | (tacoma2) The fairly new 1970s era station house at Tacoma, with the large parking lot in front Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 | (tacoma3) Looking down the long platform at Tacoma. Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 | (tacoma4) Boarding Location signs on the platform at Tacoma (I've never scene these signs ever used). Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 |
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| (tacoma5) A generic sign in the parking lot at Tacoma. Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 | (tacoma6) Old baggage carts on the platform at Tacoma that are still used here and at almost every station on the Empire Builder. Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 | (tacoma7) The Baggage cart down towards the end of the platform waits with the baggage for Cascades Train #506 which is running an hour late. I see my backpack sticking out the end of it. Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 | (tacoma8) Cascades Train #506, running a little over an hour late goes around a curve approaching Tacoma, its train is the former Las Vegas Talgo, now call Mt. Adams, with the outside repained in normal Cascades Livery. Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 |
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| (tacoma9) Demotored F40PH #90230 leads the Mt. Adams Talgo entering Tacoma a little more than an hour late. Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 | (tacoma10) Demotored F40PH #90230 continues to enter Tacoma. Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 | (tacoma11) Demotored F40PH #90230 have entered Tacoma with Cascades Train #506 bound for Seattle, using the Mt. Adam Talgo Trainset. Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 | (tacoma12) Coach #7422 part of the Mt. Adams Talgo trainset at Tacoma. Photo by Jeremiah Cox, 12 July, 2006 |
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Last Updated: 21 July, 2006
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