AMTK 306 brakes Train 8, The Empire Builder, to a station stop at Red Wing, MN running about an hour late on its Seattle/Portland to Chicago schedule. In less than 5 minutes the train will be on i... (more)
Amtrak 14 heads north behind a new Charger at Worden, OR.
Rail crews have just cleared the chassis of the truck from the front of the train, revealing the true detail into how much damage the lead unit took upon impact with the water truck. There are rep... (more)
Only just an hour into the northbound Coast Starlight’s journey, disaster has struck. A large truck was fouling the single main around 11:15 AM Wednesday morning when Amtrak #14 came through at ... (more)
ALC-42 Charger #308 leads Amtrak #8, the eastbound Empire Builder, into La Crosse, Wisconsin. #308 and Charger #310 are the sole power for today’s #8. Most of the train is still on that large dr... (more)
The Empire Builder with new Charger locomotives is well documented from the air and the ground by fellow railfan Chris Laskowski.
