Amtrak train 8, the Empire Builder rolls past the BNSF roundhouse complex at Interbay as it heads north out of Seattle to Everett, WA. From Interbay to Everett the train will cruise the Puget Soun... (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)

Western Larch are at full peak in Glacier National Park while an on-time Empire Builder crosses the famous Java trestle on a cool Fall morning.

A brand new ET44C4 is on the point of the Empire Builder today, after making a brief station stop in St. Paul, #8 blasts through Hoffman on its way to Chicago. Taken while off duty, wearing full P... (more)

BNSF Tier 4 ET44C4 leads a late Empire Builder at MP 331

A new BNSF GE ET44C4 covers for one of the usual P42DCs on the eastbound Empire Builder seen here beginning the descent down Shot Line Hill in St. Paul.

The Empire Builder approaches the La Crosse Amtrak station after entering Wisconsin over the Mississippi and Black River bridges.

The Empire Builder pulls through Merriam Park starting the decent along Short Line Hill towards downtown St. Paul and its next stop at Union Depot.

The Empire Builder takes the switch off the newly installed double track mainline at St. Anthony Junction pulling into the Minnesota Commercial A Yard. Today's train is not running too far... (more)

On Christmas Eve in 2007, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder passes the small BNSF yard and Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, Montana. Three GE P42DCs power the holiday-swollen consist and are ready for... (more)

Lighting up in the low December sun, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder crosses Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana. Three Amtrak GE P40DCs power the train, all in different schemes. Lea... (more)

Amtrak train 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, skirts Glacier National Park at Bison, Montana, on December 22, 1998. Three GE P40DCs power the 12-car train, including lead No. 802 repainted in then... (more)

Four P42s put on a good smoke show as they accelerate the eastbound Empire Builder out of Detroit Lakes.

On the morning before I flew back to Atlanta out of Minneapolis, I went down to Hastings, MN to try to capture some CP trains crossing the Mississippi River. The CP trains were a no-show, but I wa... (more)

Amtrak 8, the eastbound "Empire Builder", is seen with 2 extra P42DCs and 3 Iowa Pacific passenger cars. Making it a healthy sized Amtrak train. Seen here highballing the signals at Griz... (more)