Early bird gets the worm! Waking up at 4 A.M. followed by an hour drive north yielded a shot of the Phase IV Heritage Unit leading a late Empire Builder across Lake Pend Oreille as morning ... (more)
On the summer solstice, an unusually long and very late westbound Empire Builder with 8 added cars negotiates the depths of the Kootenai River Gorge between Yakt and Leonia.
On a windy spring morning, Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder eases around the curve approaching the west switch of Quincy, while an eastbound stack train has just cleared into the siding, making f... (more)