The westbound Amtrak Empire Builder idles during its 45 minute station stop at the St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota Midway station. A P40DC #821 is sandwiched between the predictable set of P42's.
After the two-minute station stop taking on baggage in addition to passengers, the westbound Empire Builder takes the first curve after Fall River, Wisconsin.
The Empire Builder pulls into Columbus, Wisconsin for its fourth station stop on its way out west.
The westbound Empire Builders hauls at track speed a few miles out of Columbus, Wisconsin.
The Builder: Amtrak train 7, the Empire Builder, makes its way across the Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana on the evening of July 3, 2011. The train is almost an hour late as it... (more)
As it departs the Wisconsin Dells Amtrak Station, the Empire Builder crosses the Wisconsin River just upstream of the Kilbourn Dam. The water was particularly foamy and frothy after gushing throu... (more)
The Empire Builder cruises into Portage, Wisconsin, about an hour late of it scheduled stop at 5:34 PM. The station and platform in Portage is more or less a glorified bus stop, which make... (more)
The Empire Builder sits under the platform lights minutes before gearing up to head westbound, leaving its station stop in St. Paul.
Having squirmed its way through the Cascade mountains, the Empire Builder can now stretch its legs across open trestles before slowing for the stop in Everett. Only another hour to the end of the... (more)
The Northbound empire builder highballs out of Chicago under the classic Pennsy signal at Racine Avenue. The train has just met a inbound Amtrak regional which can be seen in the distance.
The Empire Builder rolls under the PRR signals and up to the elevation having just left CUS.
Westbound Empire Builder on the Gassman Coulee Trestle in the morning sun. The bridge is near Minot ND and is 1792 ft long.
Nothing says the Dells more than the green and white ducks! One passes under Amtrak's Empire Builder as it makes its station stop in town.
The Builder is crossing the Nason Creek Trestle as passengers are waking to a beautiful sunrise in the Cascade Mountains. In a few minutes they will be treated to the darkness of the 8 mile long ... (more)
The Empire Builder
