The Empire Builder flies through Lake Park almost 6 hours behind schedule as high water and slow track continue to plague its schedule on a daily basis.
The abbreviated (Seattle to Havre, MT, with no Portland section) eastbound Empire Builder leaves the Rocky Mountains behind and heads for the plains of central and eastern Montana.
Having squirmed its way through the Cascade mountains, the Empire Builder can now stretch its legs across open trestles before slowing for the stop in Everett. Only another hour to the end of the... (more)