ʻOiaiʻo kaʻoihana o ke kaʻaahi maʻAmelika Huipūʻiaʻaʻole pahaʻo ia kaʻoi aku o nā meaʻoi aku, no ka heleʻana i nā huakaʻi hele o ka'ekepili,ʻaʻohe kānalua he nui nā koho nui e hiki mai ana, aʻo ka huakaʻi mai Chicago a Seattle heʻoiaʻiʻo nō ia. I ka heleʻana ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale nui loa ma ke kūkulu'ākau e like me Minneapolis a me Spokane, ua hele kēia ala ma ke ala e hoʻomoeʻia e nā meaʻimi nui Pākehā,ʻoiai e noho ana nā poʻe noho ma ka'āina i ko lākou komohana.
I ka manawa iʻikeʻiaʻo ka Great Northern Railway, ua hanaʻia e ka James Jun Hill Hill ke kuahiwi o kēia ala a kōkua i ka hanaʻana i kahi loulou ma waena o ka palena hikina a me ke komohana o ka'āina.
ʻO ke alanui o ka mea kūkulu hale
Ke hele nei ma nā'āinaʻehiku aʻoi aku i kahi oʻelua tausaniʻelua mau mile mile, he huakaʻi hele loa ia no nā lāʻelua wale nō, me ka huakaʻi hele i waena o nā hola he kanahākumamāhā. Ma ka holoʻana mai Chicago, ke ala i Milwaukee ma mua o ka hahaiʻana i ke kahawai Mississippi no kahi lōʻihi ma ke ala e hiki ai i Minneapolis , kahi i hoʻomaha ai ka holoʻana o ka train i ka wahie a me ka wai. I ka heleʻana o ka holoʻana, ua liʻiliʻi nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale kokoke i ke ala, ma mua o ka hoʻokeleʻana o ke kaʻa i Spokane, me kahi hapa o ke kaʻa e holo ana i Portland, aʻo ke koena o ke kaʻa e hele i ke alaheleʻo Cascade Mountains a hiki i Seattle.
ʻO ka haʻalele a me ka hōʻea
He wahi kūpono kahi o Chicago's Union Station kahi e haʻalele ai i ka huakaʻi o kēia kiʻekiʻe, aʻo ka nui o nā makahiki 1920 o ka Hale Hōʻike he wahi kupaianaha e kali ai no ke kaʻaahi.
ʻO nā pou i mua o ka hale e hōʻike ana i nā moʻolelo koʻikoʻi o kēia pūnaewele, a ua manaʻoʻia heʻoi aku iʻoi aku ma mua o kanalima tausani kānaka e hoʻohana ana i ka Union Station i kēlā lā i kēia lā. Ke ku nei ke kaʻaahi ma ke Keʻena King Street ma Seattle, kahi mamao loa mai ke kūlanakauhale a he wahi hoʻokani hoihoi hoʻi e hōʻike ana i kahi o ka moʻolelo nui o ke kaʻa uila ma kēia māhele o ke ao.
Nā Hōʻike Hōʻikeʻike o ke Alakaʻi
ʻO nā wahi a puni o La Crosse kahi kahi e hoʻomaka ai ka heleʻana o ka huakaʻi, me ka muliwai Mississippi a me ka nahele i uhi i nā mauna e hana ai no kahi ākea puni e hele ai. ʻO ka Glacier National Park kahi meaʻokoʻa'ē aʻe o ka huakaʻi hele, me nā wahi nani e hiki ke hoʻonuiʻia mai nā puka makani, me ka hoʻonohonohoʻana i ka papahana e ho'āʻo ai e hele ma kēia wahi i ka wanaʻao. Ke hāʻawi aku nei nā Mountains Cascade i nā mauna a me nā mea iʻike nuiʻia e ka hau,ʻoiaiʻo ke kilika i loko o ke kahuaʻo Cascade e lawe i ke kaʻaahi ma lalo o kahi kiʻekiʻe loa o ka pā.
ʻO ka koho koho no ka hōʻailona
Ma muli o kāu koho a me kāu kālā, hiki iāʻoe ke koho maʻamau i waena o ka hoʻopaʻaʻana i kahi mea hiamoe no ka heleʻana, aiʻole e hiamoeʻoe ma kekahi o nā noho kauā i ka wā o ka huakaʻi. ʻO ka'ōlelo hōʻailona i ka mea hiamoe,ʻo ia ka meaʻoi aku kaʻoluʻolu loa, akā he nui ka poʻe iʻike i ka heleʻana ma ka noho kaʻa e hōʻoluʻolu i ko lākou nele. ʻO nā lumi lumi ka lumi liʻiliʻi loa me nā lālāʻelua a me ka puka makani nui, me nā manuhiri e komo i nā papahana hoʻolālā, kahi manawa nui o ka lumi lumiʻo Superliner a hiki i kahi wai piha a me ka lumi lepo, me kahi mea hoʻokipa a me ka puka makani nui.
Ināʻoe e hele nei me nā keiki, hiki ke loaʻa kahi lumi lumi hale.
He mea e kali ai i ke ola ma ka train
ʻO ka hele pūʻana me Amtrak he manawa ia eʻike ai, me ka'ōwili e hiki ke hele mai kahi kokoke i ka papa hou i nā papahana heʻumi a he iwakālua paha makahiki, a no kaʻoihanaʻole o ka'ahamele, hiki ke hoʻolāʻihiʻia i kekahi manawa e ke kaʻa kaʻa. Eia naʻe,ʻo nā mea kākau pū i nā mea moe a pau kā lākouʻai a pau, he mea maikaʻi loa ia, aʻoiai paha e lōʻihi ana paha, e hana pono kahi kahua hoʻomaha no kaʻike maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o ka leleʻana. Hoʻohui pūʻia nā hale lole a me nā lole,ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki iāʻoe ke hele me nā ukana liʻiliʻiʻole.