I'm standing on top of a box car at Columbus,WI.while both eastbound and westbound Empire Builders meet. Our power is some covered wagons with an ex-passenger unit in the lead.

The boiler water is overflowing as Milwaukee Road Engineer John Schwab readies himself for the 196 mile trip to Lacrosse on the Empire Builder. I'll be Firing for John today and when I climb aboar... (more)

TRAIN TIME at COLUMBUS......Amtrak's eastbound and westbound Empire Builders meet at Columbus,Wi.. I'm standing atop our first box car as we're in the clear on the house track with our covered wag... (more)

Unusual combination of BN predecessor units on Amtrak train