After a brief stop, the Empire Builder rolls past the scale house at Midway heading for its scheduled stop at St. Paul Union Depot.
Eastbound Builder crosses the Two Medicine Bridge.
The westbound builder takes on fuel at Havre.
Two things I was not expecting in Hastings today: 1) The Empire Builder, running 7 hours late, and 2) led by a Cascades F59!
The Empire Builder: Amtrak train No. 7, the Empire Builder, rounds the curve just east of West Glacier, Mont. on the evening of June 26, 2011. That summer, flooding in North Dakota caused t... (more)
A very late Train #7 The Empire Builder makes a stop at Skykomish, Washington to change engineers for the final leg of its trip to Seattle. The train is shown here running 6 hours late due to heav... (more)
It's just daybreak as the eastbound Empire Builder arrives at Whitefish's frame depot.
Amtrak heritage unit 184 throttles up as it accelerates out of Hastings, following an unscheduled stop to tend to an overheated passenger.
A very late train No. 8, led by heritage unit No. 184, rolls across the Mississippi River into Hastings. The train made a brief stop for paramedics to check out a passenger suffering from heat st... (more)
To go with the GN obs car (Photo #400399) accepted a few days ago is this photo of 2 standard dome cars, numbered 1325 and 1324. Kodachrome II film.
To go with the GN obs car (Photo #400399) accepted a few days ago is this full length dome car named "Prairie View". Kodachrome II film.
The Great Northern's Empire Builder is being pushed into the station by a CB&Q yard engine. Car name is "Rocky Coulee". Kodachrome II film.