The Empire Builder speeds through Newport along the BNSF St. Paul Subdivision. Track work was taking pace east of Canadian Pacific's St. Paul Yard forcing the train onto the BNSF Main. Le... (more)

AMTK P42DC #100 and AMTK P42DC #132 provide power to Amtrak Empire Builder #7 as it makes its station stop at Red Wing, MN. Photo taken 4/23/15 near MP 370.71 on the CP River Sub.

The Empire Builder leaves downtown St. Paul departing Union Depot 48 minutes late bound for Red Wing amongst other destinations along the Mississippi River, Wisconsin, and Illinois.

Shrouded in fog, Amtrak's Empire Builder leaps a mountain gorge on its run through Montana. A distant sunlit mountain peak hints that the train will break out of the fog upon reaching the summit o... (more)

After a brief passenger stop at St. Paul Union Depot, the Empire Builder is on its way again, passing under the signal bridge at Hoffman Avenue as it heads towards Chicago.

After a brief stop, the Empire Builder rolls past the scale house at Midway heading for its scheduled stop at St. Paul Union Depot.

The Empire Builder cruises at its 79mph posted track speed through Lyndon Station after departing the Wisconsin Dells bound for Tomah with the engineer waving his paper in friendly acknowle... (more)

In the morning sun, a late Empire Builder skirts the shores of the Mississippi River along the bluffs. They will try to make up the time between St. Paul and Milwaukee. It's warm today, but the ic... (more)

A late-running Seattle-bound Empire Builder blasts up the grade towards Lyons during a spectacular summer sunrise in Eastern Washington.

On a windy spring morning, Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder eases around the curve approaching the west switch of Quincy, while an eastbound stack train has just cleared into the siding, making f... (more)

The Chicago bound Empire Builder highballs through Camp Douglas, WI.

A late running Amtrak train #27 glides down Providence Hill, nearing the Beatrice crossovers as the NS 8099 and its oil train do the same on a chilly November morning. Both trains were side by sid... (more)

"Hey, it matches!" Amtrak 184 is solo leading Amtrak train #7, the Empire Builder, over Gaynor Trestle on a cloudy early summer morning just east of the Cascade Tunnel and Berne Siding.... (more)

Along the banks of the Columbia River, the Portland Section of the Empire Builder is about to duck into Tunnel 9, just west of Lyle at 15:25pm.

Just after 6 A.M., a 4-hour-late Amtrak Empire Builder sprints westward into the Granite rock cut between Athol and Cocolalla, Idaho, with the crew desperately trying to make up time on the double... (more)