The Empire Builder starts its decent down Short Line Hill which extends from Merriam Park to Chestnut Street along the former Milwaukee Road right-of-way through St. Paul.

The Empire Builder is just shy of five hours late as it comes through Minneapolis Junction passing the Friends of 261 shop in the middle of the wye in Minneapolis' Beltrami neighborhood. A... (more)

The Empire Builder passes the classic Northrup King Building in the Northeast neighborhood of Minneapolis on a cold clear November day. Right not the train is running close to five and hal... (more)

The Empire Builder parallels the Ayd Mill Road along the Merriam Park Subdivision bound for Union Depot. The consists is short one sleeper car in the Seattle section (forward portion) and ... (more)

The Empire Builder glides down short line hill amongst the fall colors bound for Union Depot a couple of hours late. This scene at Chestnut Street changed when Union Pacific added the sign... (more)

Milwaukee Road Flavor The river subdivision wayfreight crosses the Mississippi River drawbridge at Hastings, Minnesota led by ICE 6101 & CP 5906. eThis train will meet a pair of Indiana Ra... (more)

The Empire Builder cruises along Lake Pepin, an extremely wide section of the Mississippi River, on the evening of the 4th of October. The train is approximately 8 hours late at this point... (more)

The Empire Builder makes its way rounding through the Minnesota Commercial Railway's A Yard hot on the tail of the Twin Cities & Western St. Paul Transfer, which is on the adjacent track to... (more)

It's a glorious day in the Twin Cities area! UP 8420 & BNSF 667 are shut down with a manifest in Union Pacific's South Saint Paul yard along the Mississippi River as a boater passes by. Downtown... (more)

The Empire Builder underway through the community of Saint Paul Park passing two minor landmarks on its way to Chicago, one being a crushed rock pile and the other is a full-grown tree. Th... (more)

The Empire Builder with the usual consist of P42's and stainless steel glides down short line hill along the Ayd Mill Road in St. Paul. This road was originally intended to continue to Int... (more)

The Empire Builder rolls through the Van Buren St. control point on the BNSF Midway subdivision past the historic Northrup King Building in northeast Minneapolis.

The Empire Builder takes the switch onto the track through Saint Paul Park, towards Grey Cloud Island, and on towards Hastings and the Mississippi River lift bridge. This is the more sceni... (more)

A fresh and clean SD70ACe leads an eastbound oil train creeping through the East Oakland signal tower in southeast St. Paul precisely after the Empire Builder cruised through at track speed.

The Empire Builder starts down the River subdivision passing through the East Oakland control point after making a stop at the St. Paul Union Depot, the new home of Amtrak operations in the... (more)