The Empire Builder pauses for the conductor to engage the electric switch at the west end of the Minnesota Commercial yard area at St. Anthony Junction in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Recent snow and w... (more)

Due to a severe CPKC derailment in Reeseville, WI, Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder was forced to detour over the BNSF Aurora Subdivision for the first time in many years, and the first time over... (more)

Amtrak 316 departs the Dells with the Westbound Empire Builder.

Amtrak EMD F40PH No. 259 leads train 7, the westbound Empire Builder, as it departs Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 28, 1993. The westbound train is approaching the N. 25th Street overpass on Soo Li... (more)

The Empire Builder heads west out of Hawley with Charger blue and red leading the way. A late season winter storm gave the landscape along the Buffalo River a perfect blanket of snow overnight.

The WB Empire Builder begins its trip to Seattle in the last light of the day in rural Wisconsin at Oakwood Interlocking.

Amtrak P42 154 departs Chicago with the Westbound Empire Builder.

The westbound Empire Builder flies west out of Petersburg, ND just as the sunrise breaks.

After playing musical chairs with their passenger cars near Rice to set out a bad order, the westbound Empire Builder kicks up the snow at sunrise near Hawley.

The westbound Empire Builder begins it’s trip out of Chicago to Seattle with three of Amtrak’s new long distance chargers at the point, and the 50th anniversary up front.

After a long chilling wait standing in the frozen snow Amtrak's Empire Builder emerges from the trees onto the iconic Sunset Falls Bridge crossing over the mighty Skykomish River. Amtrak P42DC #20... (more)

Amtrak 160, fresh from a roughly 1 1/2 month stint in the Chicago shops, leads the westbound Empire Builder out of Chicago and under the old Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge at CP Morgan. This ... (more)

Amtrak P42 205 departs Wisconsin Dells with the Westbound Empire Builder.

Hudson sizes up his shot of the westbound Empire Builder as is quickly heads north for its next stop at Grand Forks. This bridge over the Elm River is always a fun spot to catch early morning trai... (more)

Amtrak P42 160, the Pepsi Can heritage unit, leads the Westbound Empire Builder through the Dells.