Sandpoint Train Depot Letters of Support: Number Nineteen

Due to the overwhelming support from the community regarding the historic Sandpoint Depot, I have decided to post several letters that were written in support of our efforts to preserve the station and the Amtrak stop in the core of Downtown Sandpoint.

Please add my comments to the website: I have taken the train both east and west many times, and will continue to do so. It is very important to keep the station in Sandpoint. Not only because of the convenience to us locally, but also because of the future increase in passenger travel by train. I see in the future a great opportunity for the rail system or Amtrak to add more schedules to allow travel through the mountains to the east and west during the day and adding a route that leaves at an hour that allows a daytime boarding and viewing of the mountains which does not happen as of now with the early morning departures. A train ride during the day through either Glacier or the Cascades would be a desirable adventure for some. We need to keep the station as part of Sandpoint’s livelihood and economic benefit.

– R Z Macdonald