Amtrak P42 182 leads the Westbound Empire Builder through Mauston.

Amtrak 13 departs the Dells with the Westbound Empire Builder.

Amtrakā€™s Empire Builder, train 7, is westbound over the Cut Bank Judith River Trestle on May 22. The train is led by 50th Anniversary Day 1 scheme, Amtrak ALC-42 301, along with the ALC-42 302 ... (more)

Amtrakā€™s westbound Empire Builder passes Soo Line train 17 at Duplainville, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 6, 1987. Leading train 17 is a former Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern EMD SD39,... (more)

The Westbound Empire Builder departs the Dells behind two of Amtrak's new ALC-42s.

Two new Chargers head-up the WB Empire Builder. Because of weather expected in North Dakota, this train 'turned' at St. Paul.

On a gloomy evening, the westbound Empire Builder heads west on the historic double-decker bridge over the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin Dells. Timeā€™s are quiet in the Dells as summer tourists ha... (more)

AMTK 301 has the honors for the first time as it leads the trip to the west coast on a balmy March morning. The Empire Builder had to wait for CP to get a derailment in Wisconsin cleaned up ye... (more)

The spring thaw has arrived in SE North Dakota as a tardy Empire Builder heads from Fargo to Grand Forks. CP had a derailment in Wisconsin yesterday, so there was a healthy delay out of Chicag... (more)

After making its station stop at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Amtrakā€™s Empire Builder departs on June 28, 1993. The westbound train is approaching the N. 25th Street overpass on Soo Lineā€™s former Mil... (more)

Soo Line train 11, powered by EMD GP30 Nos. 716 and 703, slowly moves west toward Duplainville, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of July 26, 1987. As the train approaches the Springdale Road grade cros... (more)

A New Era For Amtrak: The Inaugural Revenue Run for Amtrak's new long distance Siemens Charger locomotives has less than 30 miles to go to reach the final destination of Seattle, Washington. Thes... (more)

Oh no! What was supposed to be the debut of Amtrak's newest locomotives on the Empire Builder turned out to be a complete disaster. Siemens ACC-42's 301/302 were supposed to lead #7 out of Chicago... (more)

CP Morgan was the place to be this afternoon as more than a dozen photographers gathered for Empire Builder train #7's departure out of the windy city. The heritage "Pepsi can" P42 looks... (more)

AMTK P42DC #160, AMTK P42DC #189, and AMTK P42DC #74 provide power to Amtrak Empire Builder train #7 as it makes its station stop in Red Wing, MN. Photo taken 2/6/22.