Amtrak #130 is seen leading the Empire Builder #8 east climbing up Marias Pass - 15/09/2013

The Empire Builder cruises through the Traill County seat of Hillsboro, a Great Northern Railway community half-way between Grand Forks and Fargo named honoring the Empire Builder himself, ... (more)

The Empire Builder arrives into the Grand Forks station past the "West Grand Forks" station sign 11 hours, 41 minutes late greeted by passengers exclaiming their relief! The train original... (more)

The Empire Builder crosses over Fresh Water Coulee slightly over six and a half miles from the Grand Forks Amtrak station over 11 hours late.

The Warren G. Magnuson campaign special rolls east along Lake Easton as "Maggie" runs for yet another re-election. By this time the Amtrak Empire Builder had moved off this former NP line to the e... (more)

A very late Amtrak 27 - Portland Section of the Empire Builder.

The Empire Builder kicks up powder along the Hillsboro subdivision heading due south to its next station stop at Fargo 10 hours and 20 minutes late.

The Empire Builder running just over 10 hours takes the west leg of the wye at DL Switch transitioning from the Devils Lake subdivision to the Hillsboro subdivision. In a matter of meters ... (more)

An eastbound Empire Builder makes a late trip across the northern plains in summer 2012. I no longer remember why it was late or why the consist order was odd.

Westbound Winnebago
Amtrak F69PHAC Nos. 450 and 451 were the first all-new A.C. traction locomotives in North America. They were experimentals that were built at La Grange in 1989, and ... (more)

Eastbound Builder crosses the Two Medicine Bridge.

The westbound builder takes on fuel at Havre.

The Empire Builder passes under Dayton's Bluff bound for the stations along the Mississippi River en route to Chicago. Passengers riding the Empire Builder woke up to surprising sun... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder accelerates through Fall River, Wisconsin led by two of Amtrak's finest and even a bit dirty locomotives. The train is a minute or so away from the next station... (more)

The west bound Empire Builder is 36½ miles out of Wenatchee as it passes by the old LongFibre Mill property at 7:56 am, running about an hour behind at this point. Soon it will travel under the ... (more)