Oh please. Before you complain that the sky is falling, do a little research. There is bus service every 2 hours between PDX and Corvallis. I know, I rode it yesterday. And there is local bus service between Albany's Amtrak station and Corvallis (hint, it is called the Linn-Benton Loop).

Most will rent cars anyway, because there are some not so well kept railfanning secrets in the general area.

And Corvallis is not in the middle of nowhere, the combined population of Albany and Corvallis is over 100,000, not including the suburban sprawll outide city limits. If only it was in the middle of nowhere, and the combined population as 15,000 and Millersburg didn't exist, Philomath was only 500, and Tangent was only 150, but I digress....




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> Corvallis? Seriously? OK, I understand the need
> to address dwindling attendance as well as the
> need for a better facility. And I understand the
> desire to have the event closer to home. But
> Corvallis? The place is in the middle of nowhere.
> The closest airport is Eugene, while the closest
> major airport is Portland. The closest Amtrak
> station is Albany. To get to Corvallis requires a
> transfer to a Thruway Bus. The schedule has that
> bus departing Corvallis at 6:40 AM Sunday thru
> Friday and returning from Albany at 2:10 PM also
> Sunday thru Friday(no Saturday service). Even
> then, the transfer at Albany is not to Amtrak, but
> another Thruway bus to/from Portland. Passengers
> travelling on any of the Cascades or the Coast
> Starlight will need to find a rental car someplace
> in either Albany or Eugene.
> What I don't understand is that with as many
> cities as there are in the Metro Portland area,
> why not try to find a location there? My guess is
> that something could be found that would be
> suitable and even be close to MAX or the Portland
> Streetcar.