In the morning sun, a late Empire Builder skirts the shores of the Mississippi River along the bluffs. They will try to make up the time between St. Paul and Milwaukee. It's warm today, but the ic... (more)

The Empire Builder approaches the edge of the University of Minnesota through the Dinkytown neighborhood bound for St. Paul Union Depot, 1 hour 12 minutes late. The second locomotive was p... (more)

The Chicago bound Empire Builder highballs through Camp Douglas, WI.

The Empire Builder takes a series of switches through St. Anthony Junction into the Minnesota Commercial A Yard. It's a cold February day here in Minnesota! -9F with a much colder windchil... (more)

Shores of Lake Minnetonka: The 3rd Amtrak #8 re-route in a row on the BNSF Wayzata Sub brings the Empire Builder along the shores of Lake Minnetonka in Downtown Wayzata.

Running about two hours late at this point, Amtrak Empire builder number 8 is seen pulling into Winona, MN for a quick station stop.

The Empire Builder starts its decent down Short Line Hill which extends from Merriam Park to Chestnut Street along the former Milwaukee Road right-of-way through St. Paul.

The Empire Builder is just shy of five hours late as it comes through Minneapolis Junction passing the Friends of 261 shop in the middle of the wye in Minneapolis' Beltrami neighborhood. A... (more)

For the third time this week, Amtrak's Empire Builder detours through Willmar between Fargo and St Paul. A large derailment near Wadena has BNSF shuffling traffic through Minnesota, inclulding th... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder makes a rare appearance on its original GN routing between Fargo and Minneapolis due to a derailment near Wadena, MN. After picking up a new pilot crew for the Wayzat... (more)

It just so happened that today's eastbound builder was the next train behind a 93 car manifest that derailed and blocked both main tracks in central Minnesota. With most of the passengers moved t... (more)

The Empire Builder passes the classic Northrup King Building in the Northeast neighborhood of Minneapolis on a cold clear November day. Right not the train is running close to five and hal... (more)

The Empire Builder parallels the Ayd Mill Road along the Merriam Park Subdivision bound for Union Depot. The consists is short one sleeper car in the Seattle section (forward portion) and ... (more)

The Empire Builder glides down short line hill amongst the fall colors bound for Union Depot a couple of hours late. This scene at Chestnut Street changed when Union Pacific added the sign... (more)

Snow-covered Rocky Mountains of Glacier National Park recede in the rear dome windows of private car “Sierra Hotel” as Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, cruises east of Browning, Mon... (more)