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I rode the Empire Builder from Milwaukee to Portland last December.  The train had two engines, four coaches, two sleepers, a dinner, a lounge car, and a baggage car departing Milwaukee.  Interestingly, it also had a private business car on the rear of the train.  It was nearly full as far as Minneapolis, where a large number of the passengers left the train.  The load was pretty light departing Minneapolis.At Minneapolis the private car was pulled off the train by a private switcher; I think it is owned by a rail enthusiast group in Minneapolis that leases the car for special events.  In any case, if I remember correctly, the person who appeared to be in charge of the private car told me that it cost several hundred dollars to pull the car off the Empire Builder and move it to its storage site.At Spokane the train was split.  The baggage car, dinner, one sleeper, two coaches, and of course one of the engines went on to Seattle, while the remainder of the equipment (four cars) went to Portland. There was a little switching at Spokane, but it was not much.I am sure that there are more cars involved in the summer, but I suspect not too many more.  The train does not run in sections from Minneapolis to the west coast.
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