The Empire Builder

For the past 20 or 30 minutes, the exhaust fans have been howling and red/white checkered door has been closed. A strobe over the door starts flashing and it's show time. The door slowly opens a... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder arrives in St Cloud a little more than 4 hours late on a very snowy day.

The eastbound Empire Builder rounds a curve at Summit, with the Rocky Mountains in the background.

It's not every day you see Amtrak #8 westbound over the CP Mississippi River Bridge. #8 detoured over the BNSF St. Croix Subdivision from St. Paul - La Crosse after CP train 487 derailed in Winon... (more)

Still looking great behind a clean warbonnet, the Empire Builder heads for its next stop in Winona.

Red and silver lead a late Empire Builder through the Dakota S curve on its way to La Crosse, WI.

A wonderful surprise is in charge of the Empire Builder as it heads east through the new Northstar Rail station.

Amtrak's Empire Builder is a couple hours behind schedule as it leaves St. Paul.

Stiff winds blowing down the east side of Marias Pass have a habit of toppling lightweight freight cars or ripping empty intermodal containers from stack trains. Midvale Creek Trestle features a s... (more)

Pleasantly surprised to have clear skies on my day off I decided to go shoot Amtrak from a spot I haven't shot from yet. Departing MSP approximately 20 minutes late Amtrak 8 heads through Saint P... (more)

AMTK 8 is running right on schedule seen here passing the Robert Street Bridge tenders shack.

Amtrak's Empire Builder leaves the storm-shrouded Rocky Mountains behind and blasts out on the high plains between Blackfoot and Meriwether

The Builder runs opposite main around freight traffic on her way through Wadsworth.

The eastbound Amtrak Empire Builder, headed up by former GN, now BN F7(A) 9728 steams away on a cold late night in Fargo, ND.