The 5+ hour late Empire Builder is seen rolling through eastern Minnesota along the Mississippi River on its way to Chicago Union Station. The fall colors are starting to show up in this area on a... (more)

Amtrak #8 the eastbound Empire Builder climbs Marias Pass on a hazy Saturday morning.

A trio of Amtrak GE P40DCs lead the eastbound Empire Builder through Grizzly, Montana, after a morning clamber over Marias Pass on December 22, 1998.

Running on-time, the SB Empire Builder passes a NB Canadian Pacific freight just north of Franksville in rural Racine County.

The EB Empire Builder stops at Sturtevant for passengers during the reduced schedule in the Chicago-Milwaukee corridor. The Empire Builder also stops at the Milwaukee Airport.

A BNSF unit leads the Empire Builder during its temporary station stop to pick-up corridor passengers at Sturtevant.

Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder passes the small BNSF yard and Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, Montana. It’s October 10, 2018, and autumn has arrived as the tamaracks begin to change to gold in t... (more)

Inbound to Chicago, Empire Builder #8 features a "double heritage" moment today as Phase I 156 and Phase IV 184 roll past Rondout Tower.

Midway Station is no longer in use and the Empire Builder now bypasses the old platform. Today the train is late providing a nice afternoon setting as it heads toward Union Depot in downtown St. ... (more)

Noticeable missing its usual 2nd Genesis engine, BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder through Elk River.

BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder.

Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder has just departed St. Paul, Minnesota, and is now negotiating trackage through Division Street on June 10, 2016.

Amtrak long route formation - No. 8 Empire Builder - comes to great Chicago, crossing the N Canal Street and enter to Union Station in dowtown Chicago. In background, Metra trains performing servi... (more)