AMTK 8 skirts the Mississippi River passing from town to town. The last one they went through was Lake City seen the top right corner.
Just a bit behind the advertised, the eastbound Empire Builder flies through one of the trademark curves south of Lake City in Maple Springs, MN.
After more than an hour's wait, Amtrak 15 leads the eastbound Empire Builder over the big bridge just west of Cut Bank MT. Worth the wait, I would say!
On a pristine, yet unusually wind free day on the southern edge of Glacier National Park in October, Amtrak train #8 rolls eastward by a remarkably glass-like pond, just west of Bison, MT, at a lo... (more)
The eastbound Empire Builder accelerates away from its station stop at Shelby.
After conquering Marias Pass, an on-time Empire Builder rolls east toward East Glacier Park just west of Bison siding on BNSF's Hi Line sub.
The eastbound Empire Builder has just left its station stop at East Glacier and is back up to speed at Grizzly, surprisingly running on time.
The Empire Builder #8 comes into Whitefish five hours late. The Amtrak staff at the depot reported mechanical issues back in Seattle as the reason.
(Yee-haw! I've been after this photo for years!) After slipping past a stopped manifest freight on the other main, the eastbound Empire Builder hits the single tracked section across the Cu... (more)
Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder is right on time as it passes the BN helper set waiting for its next assignment in front of the Essex depot, which sat directly across the tracks from the Izaak W... (more)
The eastbound Empire Builder rounds a curve at Summit, with the Rocky Mountains in the background.
The Westbound Empire Builder races across the golden landscape of "Big Sky Country" just outside Shelby, MT.
Last train before an 8 hour maintainence shutdown.
Two-year-old SDP40F's 573 and 561 are in charge of the westbound Empire Builder this evening as the train makes a brief stop at Belton (West Glacier) Montana.