The Coast Starlight arrives in Oakland

Roughly 50 miles from the end of the line in Portland, the Empire Builder races west through the Columbia River Gorge.

The Amtrak Empire Builder rolls out onto the plains at Browning after crossing the Rockies at Marias Pass.

Running around 90 minutes off schedule, the Portland section of the Empire Builder rolls through the Columbia River Gorge. The train is about 53 miles into its journey to Spokane, where it will be... (more)

The southbound Coast Starlight makes its escape from Portland Union Station on its way to Los Angeles.

Two generations of Amtrak power lead the southbound Coast Starlight at Jack London Square station.

Northbound Amtrak's Hiawatha passes thru Rondout on the way to Milwaukee. Train 339 departed Chicago Station 5:08pm and will make the 86 miles journey to Milwaukee by 18:45. The line to the right... (more)

Amtrak train no. 8, The Empire Builder, rolls eastward along the Mississippi River at Weaver siding, southeast of Wabasha, MN. Seaman's Charger 305 heads up the train with a GE Genesis unit traili... (more)

Two for one special ! (Sunday run for Adrian & Blissfield) JAIL (Adrian and Blissfield RR) running to Jackson from Mason Michigan, with solo leader 822 and 32 cars - Here they are seen waiting on ... (more)

Some of the first light of a chilly January day finds the front of a late running eastbound Empire Builder as it climbs out of the Red River valley on the former Northern Pacific mainline in weste... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder pulls into Wenatchee. In the background stands the 1920s Cascadian Fruit storage building. This warehouse was one of the first of its kind to employ refrigeration and was u... (more)

Awaiting Assignment: A collection of several different locomotives (and former locomotives) is visible at Chicago's 18th Street locomotive facility. In this scene from June of 2022, the new... (more)

Fall Arrival: The Portland section of the Amtrak Empire Builder approaches its destination of Portland Union Station as it passes BNSF's Lake Yard on a cool fall morning. Leading the train ... (more)

A 5+ hour late Empire Builder slowly rolls out of the station in Glenview, IL, with two of the Phase VI ALC-42 Charger locomotives leading the way.

Train 7, Phase 7. On the afternoon October 3, 2022, the Amtrak Empire Builder departed Chicago Union Station with AMTK 310 (Phase VII, ALC-42, Siemens) leading AMTK 11 (Phase V, P42DC, GE) ... (more)