Amtrak's Empire Builder heads southeast just out of Red Wing, MN with a pair of Siemens ALC-42s on the point led by AMTK 361. It will follow the Mississippi River to Winona, MN and La Crosse, WI w... (more)
Just a touch under 2 hours late, the Empire Builder departed Union Station in St. Paul.
Empire Builder departs GN station crossing Mississippi River
Amtrak Empire Builder departs former GN Minneapolis Station
The Borealis makes its last stop at the Red Wing depot before its final destination in St. Paul.
The westbound Borealis makes its way west along the Mississippi River, with a pair of dash 8s on the front and rear.
A pair of ALC-42's on the Empire Builder running about 20 minutes late.
The Empire Builder is running a little over an hour late this morning.
AMTK 297 is in charge of Amtrak #8, the eastbound Empire Builder, as it departs Winona, MN in September of 1993. The cool grain elevator would be lost to a fire (arson) a few years later in 1997.
Amtrak's class Dash 8 leads the Borealis through Hastings. Due to toilet freezing difficulties with the Horizon cars, Amtrak has been forced to use Amfleet and Superliner sets for the Borealis rec... (more)
This begins the slowest part of the journey through the Twin Cities. Only a handful of miles to the Union Depot, it will take almost 30 minutes.
An overnight snowfall blankets blankets the landscape for a late Empire Builder.
Amtrak 1340 glides down Main 1 along the side fence and towards St. Croix.
The Empire Builder, on schedule and at track speed.
Creeping into Union Station in St. Paul.
