AMTK 161 leads the eastbound Empire Builder through Minneapolis, next stop St. Paul.

As protestors gather only a few miles away, the Amtrak veterans unit leads the eastbound Empire Builder to Spokane.

After the passage of a severe storm, Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder thunders by the classic Milwaukee Road wood-framed depot at Brookfield, Wisconsin, on June 2, 1990.

Amtrak long route formation - No. 8 Empire Builder - comes to great Chicago, crossing the N Canal Street and enter to Union Station in dowtown Chicago. In background, Metra trains performing servi... (more)

Amtrak's SB Empire Builder crosses from One Main to Two Main at the Oakwood crossover in Caledonia. Within a few short months, that switch heater will be needed to keep the C & M fluid.

Amtrak's Empire Builder Train no. #8 passes by The Seattle Waterfront with Amtrak heritage unit #130 in the lead.

Amtrak's Empire Builder from Seattle rolls through the junction with Metra's Fox Lake Line at Rondout, just 30 miles from an on-time arrival in Chicago.

Amtrak 816 leads the westbound Empire Builder along the north bank of the Columbia River, photographed from across the river at Cascade Locks Oregon.

Amtrak #349 leads train #8, The Empire Builder, past the Pleasant Prairie power plant in August of 1989. The power plant closed this year and will likely be torn down, eradicating this view in the... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder heads North through the Seattle Waterfront on a sunny winter afternoon.

A pair of Amtrak GEs lead the eastbound Empire Builder through Summit.

Amtrak's Empire Builder picks up speed as it heads west through Pewaukee Wisconsin

Roaring thru Rondout. Amtrak 561 brings train #8, the Empire Builder, thru Rondout, IL in October of 1974. Bob Ferge photo from my collection.

Running six minutes early, Amtrak's Empire Builder heads through a curve west of Reeseville that many enthusiasts have shot from since the days of the Milwaukee Road.

The Empire Builder gets underway after a brief stop at East Auburn. The train was routed through Washington state via the old NP mainline during this period and its next stop is Seattle's King St.... (more)