In the last light of the day, the eastbound Empire Builder zips along west of Trenton en route to its next station stop at Williston.

Twenty two years ago this was Seattle's skyline as viewed by Empire Builder passengers exiting the tunnel under the city at North Portal. A Marriott Hotel now occupies the vacant lot next to the t... (more)

The Empire Builder departs Union Depot nearly 13 hours late with a reverse consist and no baggage car. A pair of Wisconsin derailments at Alma and Watertown forced Amtrak to get creative g... (more)

Amtrak train 8, The Empire Builder heads over the Ballard draw bridge and out of Seattle with a triple header for power and plenty of head end business in this 1994 view. At this time Amtrak was s... (more)

Amtraks eastbound Empire Builder was running a little over an hour late passing Lake Pepin adjacent the Mississippi River near Maple Springs

Amtrak's Portland section of the Empire Builder begins to cross Naito Parkway as it prepares to turn around for the trip back east at the north end of the Steel Bridge.

Amtrak 10 leads the westbound Empire Builder around the curve at Bowman Rd and into the Dells.

The westbound Empire Builder heads west through Portage Junction.

It's an hour after sunrise and all is quiet on the Little Elk River as the Empire Builder flies east for its next stop in St Cloud.

The Chicago bound Empire Builder highballs through Camp Douglas, WI.

For the third time this week, Amtrak's Empire Builder detours through Willmar between Fargo and St Paul. A large derailment near Wadena has BNSF shuffling traffic through Minnesota, inclulding th... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder makes a rare appearance on its original GN routing between Fargo and Minneapolis due to a derailment near Wadena, MN. After picking up a new pilot crew for the Wayzat... (more)

At about 17:00pm, along the banks of the Columbia River, the Portland Section of the Empire Builder still has 100 miles to cover before arriving in Pasco, WA. In tow is a private varnish, RVIX 80... (more)

"Hey, it matches!" Amtrak 184 is solo leading Amtrak train #7, the Empire Builder, over Gaynor Trestle on a cloudy early summer morning just east of the Cascade Tunnel and Berne Siding.... (more)

Along the banks of the Columbia River, the Portland Section of the Empire Builder is about to duck into Tunnel 9, just west of Lyle at 15:25pm.