The Coast Starlight arrives from the coach yard

Empire Builder Eastbound Empire builder crosses Nason Creek while sliding down Steven's Pass in typical Cascade Mountain weather. This location has been popular with railroad buffs for ye... (more)

The Empire Builder snakes its way through downtown Seattle

Running seven hours behind schedule, the Empire Builder rolls westward through the Columbia River Gorge. Melonas siding was built in 2017. It is named to honor a family that has produced three gen... (more)

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

The Portland Section of the Empire Builder crosses the causeway at Horsethief Lake.

It's a beautiful summer afternoon as Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder races across the Skykomish River in Gold Bar, WA with ALC-42 #300 leading on July 9th, 2022.

The SC44s used to pull the Amtrak Cascades service are owned by Washington State DOT. In previous years this train used the cooler looking 'batmobile' Talgo passenger cars, but it still sports a ... (more)

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)

AMTK 465 rushes an Amtrak Cascades service train north towards its stop at Tacoma. Passengers enjoy views of Puget Sound from Nisqually into Tacoma as the train glides past Days Island. Unfortunat... (more)

Operating over six hours behind schedule, the Portland section of the Empire Builder passes the trackside vineyard near Maryhill siding. The train's next station stop is at Wishram. a few minutes ... (more)

After a long chilling wait standing in the frozen snow Amtrak's Empire Builder emerges from the trees onto the iconic Sunset Falls Bridge crossing over the mighty Skykomish River. Amtrak P42DC #20... (more)

UP's I-TAG3 is crossing the UP bridge across the Puyallup River just outside CP Reservation, where it will join the BNSF's Seattle Sub. At this point they are still putting their train together, ... (more)

Four hours late, the Portland section of the Empire Builder exits a stretch of two main tracks at Washougal, Washington. The next stop for train 27 is at Vancouver, roughly 20 minutes to the west.

With a wildfire smoke sunset in the background, #14, running pretty much on time, is pulling out of the Tacoma Dome Station and across the new Sound Transit Tacoma Trestle.