Railfans with cameras and kids watch as #8 pulls up to the La Crosse Depot. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)
Canon EOS20D, 400mm f/5.6L USM
Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Nearly 5 hours late, the sun shines on the Empire Builder. Would the negative double digit temps have anything to do with this (only -8 at this time)?
Holding to allow passengers on.
Viewed from a bluff south of town, Amtrak's Empire Builder heads east down BNSF's ex-Burlington main line to Chicago. It was detouring due to track work on Canadian Pacific.
Amtrak #8 (BNSF # 1008) is 11 hours late
Crossing over to run around 288's train...
Gliding across the frozen Wisconsin farmlands is Amtrak's Empire Builder.