Empire Builder - Portland Leg Route Atlas
Spokane, Washington to
Portland, Oregon
Amtrak
Train Numbers 27 (westbound) and 28 (eastbound)
Numbers 35-40 on the map represent the currently scheduled stops the Portland consist of the Empire Builder makes between Spokane and Portland. Using the following links you can either choose to tour the entire route between Spokane and Portland, or hop on the train at any station along the way and proceed in either direction from there.
Click here to start at the beginning or click on one of the stations listed below to start there for your trip through the Columbia River Gorge.
Once on board..... click "next"
(toward Portland)
or
"previous" 
(toward Spokane)
to take
the virtual rail journey at your leisure.
Stations on Amtrak's Empire Builder - Portland Leg
Illinois |
Oregon |
| 35 Spokane (SPK) | 40 Portland (PDX) |
| 36 Pasco (PSC) | |
| 37 Wishram (WIH) | |
| 38 Bingen (BNG) | |
| 39 Vancouver (VAN) |
|
***(Empire Builder - Chicago to Seattle)***
- For Trains 7- 8 - stations 1-34 click - Empire Builder
Click on 
at any time to go
to the "Route Overview
Page" where you may again jump to any station along the route.
Each "station stop" includes a photo of the station and a local map showing its location. Between the station pages there are detailed station to station maps and links to all of the counties that you pass through along the way.
Enjoy the Ride!
Ramblin' Ray's Route Rhetoric
The Empire Builder begins its westbound journey in Chicago as a single train. Some of the cars are bound for Seattle, WA and some for Portland, OR. The Portland bound coach and sleeper cars are generally attached to the end of the train so that they may be uncoupled from the rest of the train in Spokane for the final leg of their journey to Portland. The rest of the train continues on to Seattle. Similarly, on the eastbound trip, the Empire Builder begins as two trains, one in Seattle and one in Portland. The two trains meet up in Spokane where they become one train for the trip on to Chicago. This route atlas covers that portion of the Empire Builder route that travels between Spokane and Portland.
During the times of the year when twilight on the eastbound trip and the early morning sun on the westbound trip provide sufficient light, you'll be treated to some fantastic views of the Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Hood, Bonneville and Dulles Dams and the many other scenic attractions between Pasco and Portland. Hopefully, the train will have rocked you to sleep by the time you reach Spokane. While you're sleeping there you'll hook up with the Chicago bound Empire Builder if eastbound, or leave the Seattle bound train if westbound.
The rail travel distance between Chicago and Portland on the Empire Builder is 2,255 miles and the rail travel time is about 47 hours. The rail travel time on the 380 mile "Portland Leg" from Spokane to Portland is 7 hours and 40 minutes.
