Amtrak 7 blasts through Pewaukee on time as it heads west on CP Rails.

Westbound Empire Builder with yours truly at the throttle. Photo by Milwaukee Road Engineer Ron Morales who was firing that trip.

Westbound Empire Builder at Watertown Plank Road.

BNSF 4016 leading Amtrak Empire Builder #7 at Edmonds, WA.

The Empire Builder heads through Oconomowoc after departing Milwaukee Intermodal Station on-time at 1555. The train is approximately half-way between Milwaukee and its next stop westbound ... (more)

BNSF 5015 meets Amtrak Empire Builder #7 at Scenic, just before the 7.8-mile long Cascade Tunnel. Not sure who the chair belongs to though...

Amtrak's Empire Builder passes a dead line of Milwaukee Road locomotives on the Fowler Lead just east of the 27th Street viaduct.

Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder slows for the station stop at Portage,WI. while Fireman Warren Huck grabs the trainorders from Operator Ricky Tessman.

Conductor Dick Seivert confers with OPR. Tessman regarding their train orders before giving the highball to the headend.

The Heritage III paint scheme locomotive slows down for the approach at Edmonds station.

The first P42DC leads the Empire Builder out of Chicago Union Station.

We've just made our stop at Columbus,WI. and there is time to jump off for a quick pic of an ex-MILW unit on the point of the Builder. These days with the new SDP's its getting rare to get an E-un... (more)

The west bound Empire Builder is 36½ miles out of Wenatchee as it passes by the old LongFibre Mill property at 7:56 am, running about an hour behind at this point. Soon it will travel under the c... (more)

We've made our station stop at Columbus, WI. and I jump off for a quick shot as usual while all the passengers and baggage are loaded and unloaded. Today we've got ex-CB&Q 9946B on the point.

We're just about ready to leave Milwaukee on the Empire Builder I grab a quick shot before we get the highball.