As 4-car Amtrak train 28 (with P42DC 191 for power), the Portland to Spokane section of the Empire Builder, loads passenger in Vancouver (a whopping 10 miles 2255-mile into its journey to Chicago … Train 28 joins train 8, the Seattle Section, in Spokane to make a single train to head east), BNSF Railway train Q-SPOPTL1-21 (Guaranteed Service Intermodal; Spokane WA to Portland OR, behind BNSF ES44DC 7855 and ES44C4 8150) patiently holds the mainline until loading the Amtrak passengers has been completed. (Vancouver, Washington – August 22, 2015)
