Amtrak 130 holds in Glenview with 8 in tow.

Amtrak Empire Builder rolls into downtown Elk River past the historic grain elevator that now serves as a feed, seed and pet supply business.

A late October snowstorm in 1991 has blanketed the state of Montana in a wintery white as Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder sweeps through the big curve just west of Browning on the first day of N... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder passes a small ranch at Snowslip as it approaches Blacktail, Montana, while climbing a snowy and cold Marias Pass on March 3, 1989.

Amtrak 8 flies through Big Lake East towards its next destination in St. Paul with 3 units on point. Not long after I took this, former Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman passed away from a stroke. Rest in P... (more)

Surrounded by a winter wonderland on the southern border of Glacier National Park, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder has just summited Marias Pass and approaches Bison, Montana, on a snowy March 3... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder from Seattle rolls through the junction with Metra's Fox Lake Line at Rondout, just 30 miles from an on-time arrival in Chicago.

My old friend Jim Scribbins worked in the Milwaukee Depot and was a Ticket Clerk for the Milwaukee Road on 2nd shift back in the 1960's. When I was Hostling I would stand at his ticket window and ... (more)

We're on a westbound meeting the Empire Builder on double track at Cooney.

I'm standing on top of a box car at Columbus,WI.as the eastbound Empire Builder comes into town from the west coast to make its station stop. The engine crew was Milwaukee Road Engineer John Schwa... (more)

Builder at Bison
Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder crosses the big fill just east of Bison, Montana, during a snowy crossing of Marias Pass on December 21, 1998. Three GE P40DC “Genesis... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder heads east through the Burlington Northern Interbay Yard.

Adam Farence Photo.......Congrats AMTK Engineer Bruce Lemay on your upcoming retirement......It's my understanding your the last Milwaukee guy on Amtrak.....an end to another era...............Tom... (more)

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A detouring Empire Builder crosses over at Ferryville,WI.on the Burlington Northern RR.....Adam Farence Photo.