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    Amtrak Cascades
    The first new Cummings engine is lowered into a Siemens Charger locomotive body. (PHOTO COURTESY WSDOT)
    Hi-tech engines will power Amtrak Cascades passenger rail...
    March 11, 2016 10:26 am

    The Washington State Department of Transportation moved one step closer to introducing eight state-of-the-art locomotives that will provide passenger rail…

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    Point Defiance Bypass Project map. (IMAGE COURTESY WSDOT)
    WSDOT: Feds approve $89M Point Defiance Bypass rail...
    March 4, 2013 2:56 pm

    Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) officials announced Monday the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has approved a proposal to reroute…

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    Point Defiance  Bypass Project Map. (IMAGE COURTESY WSDOT)
    Engineers complete enviro study for $89M Point Defiance...
    October 8, 2012 2:44 pm

    The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced Monday engineers recently completed an environmental assessment study of a proposed bypass…

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    Free Wi-Fi on Amtrak Cascade trains starts Feb. 1
    Free Wi-Fi on Amtrak Cascade trains starts Feb....
    January 31, 2011 12:00 am

    Amtrak Cascades travelers will get what they have asked for when free Wi-Fi service becomes available today on all Amtrak…

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    (IMAGE COURTESY WSDOT)
    WSDOT to study $91M Point Defiance high-speed rail...
    May 11, 2010 12:00 am

    The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) this week announced it will conduct a project level Environmental Assessment (EA) of…

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    Record crowd attends Pierce County Livable Communities Fair
    May 21, 2008 12:00 am

    As the temperature went up to a mid-afternoon record high 92 degrees last weekend, Pierce County residents flocked to the…

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    Amtrak Cascades ridership up record 7.4 percent
    Amtrak Cascades ridership up record 7.4 percent
    March 10, 2008 12:00 am

    Amtrak Cascades ridership in 2007 increased to 676,670 — a 7.4 percent increase over 2006 and the highest annual ridership…

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