Build in 1949 by Krauss-Maffei in Munich, Type KB 10

The westbound Empire Builder has just departed the Dells station stop and crosses the Wisconsin River as it heads towards Minnesota on a balmy September afternoon.

A very late running #7 meets its counterpart, #8, at the west side of the Cascade Tunnel at Scenic Siding on 6/26/14.

"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)

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)

Just after sunrise, a late-running Amtrak Empire Builder crosses Indian Canyon Bridge just a few miles out of Spokane.

During a solstice weekend on the BNSF's Scenic Subdivision at Gaynor, Washington (MP 1696.5), lupines are still hanging on to their late spring blooms on June 22nd, 2014 as a westbound Seattle sec... (more)

On the first afternoon of summer in the Cascade Mountains of Washington the Seattle section of the Empire Builder (westbound), Train 7, overtakes S STPTAC1 18A W at West Winton. The current BNSF ... (more)

As the morning rush of LIRR, NJT and Amtrak trains begins to subside below, a pair of 7 trains cross on the speedbump above Queens Boulevard.

Amtrak #1 leads the #1 most beautiful Amtrak train out of historic Chicago Union Station passing under the Metra tracks.

Rushhour in the upper station: The train with the dieselloc (note the new and old car) is a supplementary-train because there are many passengers from Brienz (566 meters over sealevel) to Brienzer... (more)

"Train des Pignes" on 1000mm Guge from Nice to Digne les Bains with new (built in 2011) Autorails 801ff serving the 151km Line in 3h 20min.

As this westbound Empire Builder approached the Rockies I bet there was disappointment in the sightseer lounge when all they could see was the faint outline of the mountains under a thick blanket ... (more)

No. 7 heads out of downtown over the bike trail and across the Big Sioux River bridge.

The Empire Builder is running north to Seattle after entering the Kent Valley at Auburn. Prior to 1981, Amtrak operated the Empire Builder over the Former NP route through Stampede Pass. Behind th... (more)