Photographed from the front porch of a Milwaukee Road SD40-2 Amtrak's Empire Builder is westbound at the Watertown,WI. Depot on its way to Seattle.

Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder climbs out of the Fox River sag at MP 100 west of the Brookfield depot.

The westbound Empire Builder has just departed Milwaukee Depot and resumes its journey between Chicago and Seattle.

Engineer John Schwab climbs aboard the westbound Empire Builder that he'll run from Milwaukee to Lacrosse,WI.. John hired out on the Milwaukee Road in 1937 as a Fireman and was promoted in 1951. J... (more)

Amtrak train 7, The Empire Builder, detours along the former SP&S between Spokane and Seattle. The train is just east of Wishram. It was running separately from the normal Portland section, and wo... (more)

A tardy westbound Empire Builder crosses the Skykomish River near Mt. Index (hidden in the clouds) with the help of BN freight power in addition to the two F40PHs on a drizzly day in April 1983.

Amtrak's Empire Builder passes our extra west at Columbus,WI. making its station stop in a half mile.

Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder in the late winter afternoon light at Portage Junction.

The train was running over 4 hours late as #7 continues south along Picnic Point for the final destination in Seattle. Heritage unit #145 was trailing.

The train was running over 4 hours late as #7 continues south along Picnic Point for the final destination in Seattle. Heritage unit #145 was trailing.

Making a quick station stop on a brisk November morning.

After some morning rain, the weather starts to briefly clear up as the Westbound Empire Builder slows down for the station stop at Edmonds. Note: yes, this was indeed the the same 112 that gotten ... (more)

We just arrived Lacrosse,WI. on Amtrak's Empire Builder. While the Fireman heads for the locker room I get a couple of shots of Milwaukee Road train 91 and Amtrak 7 along side each other.

Westbound Winnebago
Amtrak F69PHAC Nos. 450 and 451 were the first all-new A.C. traction locomotives in North America. They were experimentals that were built at La Grange in 1989, and ... (more)

Amtrak Empire Builder #7 continues along the Sound on its final destination in Seattle. The weather was blustery, but it was also nice and the engineer was already waving at me before I started to... (more)