The EB Empire Builder stops at Sturtevant for passengers during the reduced schedule in the Chicago-Milwaukee corridor. The Empire Builder also stops at the Milwaukee Airport.

A BNSF unit leads the Empire Builder during its temporary station stop to pick-up corridor passengers at Sturtevant.

Amtrak's Empire Builder comes down the 1.7% eastbound and in the distance the Milwaukee Day's circus train from Baraboo comes down the little under 1% westbound track,,,,two of Elm Grove's finest ... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder passes the small BNSF yard and Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, Montana. It’s October 10, 2018, and autumn has arrived as the tamaracks begin to change to gold in this ... (more)

Inbound to Chicago, Empire Builder #8 features a "double heritage" moment today as Phase I 156 and Phase IV 184 roll past Rondout Tower.

Midway Station is no longer in use and the Empire Builder now bypasses the old platform. Today the train is late providing a nice afternoon setting as it heads toward Union Depot in downtown St. ... (more)

Noticeable missing its usual 2nd Genesis engine, BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder through Elk River.

BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder.

Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder has just departed St. Paul, Minnesota, and is now negotiating trackage through Division Street on June 10, 2016.

Amtrak long route formation - No. 8 Empire Builder - comes to great Chicago, crossing the N Canal Street and enter to Union Station in dowtown Chicago. In background, Metra trains performing servi... (more)

Back in the Milwaukee Road passenger days in the 1960's we left Lacrosse on say the Morning Hiawatha #6 which was carded around the same time Amtrak #8 the Builder was but the speeds were a lot mo... (more)

Amtrak's SB Empire Builder crosses from One Main to Two Main at the Oakwood crossover in Caledonia. Within a few short months, that switch heater will be needed to keep the C & M fluid.

The Eastbound Empire Builder passes False Summit on the downhill side of Marias Pass on a beautiful Fall morning. This train was first established in 1929. The Empire Builder was Great Northern's ... (more)