[Dixielandjazz] Five-year train rides from Tacoma, over the Cascades to Seattle?

[Edgerton, Paul A]

Charlie wrote

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...next night a train ride across the Cascades to play the World's Fair in
Seattle.  This lasted five years...
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The fact-checking department finds that Tacoma is less than an hour south of
Seattle by car. Nowadays, they are two cities divided by a common airport.
In five years of making the trip, perhaps you noticed that isn't the most
efficient way of getting there?

It's a great story, really, I just couldn't resist poking a little fun on
this Monday morning.

Paul (TIC) Edgerton