Starting The Empire | Having just emerged from Tunnel 7 and approaching Tunnel 8, the Portland section of Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder cruises alongside the Columbia River just west of... (more)
The Metra rush is getting going here at A2. Amtrak joins the parade of trains as the Empire Builder is a few miles into the 2,200-mile trip from Chicago to Seattle/Portland as they pass through A2... (more)
Amtrak's Empire Builder heads southeast just out of Red Wing, MN with a pair of Siemens ALC-42s on the point led by AMTK 361. It will follow the Mississippi River to Winona, MN and La Crosse, WI w... (more)
Early Morning Empire Builder | Cruising through the snowy forests of northern Idaho, a six-hour-late eastbound Amtrak Empire Builder approaches its next station stop of Sandpoint on the coo... (more)
Just a touch under 2 hours late, the Empire Builder departed Union Station in St. Paul.
Empire Builder departs GN station crossing Mississippi River
The Eastbound Empire Builder crosses the famous Two Medicine Trestle at East Glacier as a early Summer winter storm dumps nearly a foot of snow on the high Rocky Mountain peaks of Glacier Nationa... (more)
The California Zephyr runs towards Denver on the Brush Sub through Tonville, Colorado.
Amtrak Empire Builder departs former GN Minneapolis Station
In Minot on a pleasant day (!) I caught the "Empire Builder" but I've forgotten which direction it was going. An even better catch was a visit to the tower at the SOO line crossing.
An Amtrak passenger train is heading towards Connell.
A pair of ALC-42's on the Empire Builder running about 20 minutes late.
The Empire Builder is running a little over an hour late this morning.
Amtrak's EMPIRE BUILDER crosses over at Rondout having run around a northbound freight. The headlight of the freight is in the distance. I stopped while on my way to the annual Center for Rail Pho... (more)
Gaining speed after passing through Minnesota Commercial's yard.
