More NW Travelers Choosing the Train SEATTLE (KPLU) - High gas prices and scaled-back airline schedules have sent many summer travelers looking for alternatives. For a growing number, that alternative has been a train. As KPLU environment reporter Liam Moriarty found out, rail travel seems to be making a comeback as a more economical, less-stressful and greener choice. © Copyright 2009, KPLU