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2 line of the Northern Pacific loops northwestward from the Columbia near Pasco, Washington, to the Puget Sound cities. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad joins the Northern Pacific and Great Northern in Montana by two routes, and delivers its trains to the Coast over the tracks of both these roads. The Northwestern and the Soo lines also run into coast cities on tracks used by other roads.

The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul boasts the shortest route between Chicago and Puget Sound. It holds a course almost due west from St. Paul, touching tidewater at Seattle. The Great Northern skirts the southern border of Glacier National Park, Montana, and passes through Spokane to Everett, on the Sound. There it turns north to Vancouver in British Columbia, and south to Seattle in Washington. The farthest north railway to enter the state of Washington is the Canadian Pacific, which routes its passengers over the Northern Pacific from Mission, B. C., to Seattle; and over the Spokane International Railway from Kingsgate, B. C., to Spokane. From the latter city, tourists holding Canadian Pacific tickets travel to Portland via the Oregon—Washington Railroad and Navigation Co.

Round trip tickets may be purchased west by one route and east by another, at an approximate cost of $105, under an arrangement existing between the various railroads in the United States and Canada. Through trains consume about three days in making the trip from Chicago to Portland and the Puget Sound terminals, a distance of approximately 2200 miles. The fastest service of each