The Empire Builder begins its eastern journey by crossing the Salmon Bay Bridge over the Ballard Locks with many stormy clouds miles away in the Cascades.
Speckled with something, the real interesting thing about the Empire Builder is the Cascade unit playing second fiddle.
A rather ratty looking "P" sports a custom hand painted numberboard as it leads the eastbound Empire Builder.
Racing towards Chicago...
Passing the bluffs along the river in downtown St Paul, the Empire Builder is only a couple minutes behind schedule...
A late eastbound Empire Builder has a BNSF freight unit pinch hitting for an Amtrak unit crossing the Rum River in Anoka.
The old Milwaukee Road Hiawatha rolls down river doing all of 60+ not wasting anytime. As I blinked he was gone.
Amtrak's Empire Builder is detouring on its original route via Willmar and Breckenridge, MN, the former Great Northern main line between Minneapolis and Fargo. The detour was caused because of a B... (more)
Running four hours late, The Empire Builder cruises through Morris detouring around a derailment in Coon Rapids.
Detouring east for the Twin Cities the Empire Builder passes under the shuttle loader at the Herman Market Company.
A rare daylight appearance by the Empire Builder in Grand Forks, it's seen here steaming south headed for Fargo about 9 and a half hours late.
The westbound Empire Builder emerges from adverse weather into the sunshine. To the comment: My best guess from sharpening other photos of this train is the F40 is #342, but I can'... (more)
