With the Empire Builder running over 5 hours late. The Empire Builder was halted at East Scenic for what appears to be a low water pressure system. It was later learned that it was a simple comput... (more)
The westbound Empire Builder has just pulled into the Minot depot about 30 minutes late for a servicing stop that will take nearly as much time. The tracks in the foreground belong to CP'... (more)
The westbound Empire Builder gets up to track speed after climbing out of the Souris River Valley west of Minot.
Snow as high as an elephant's ear, or something like that! The most snow in more than 30 years and the passengers of the westbound Empire Builder are getting a close up view. The excavator is on... (more)
The Empire Builder has just departed Minot as it passes over the monster trestle just west of town.
The autumn fogs are upon us as the Seattle-section of the Empire Builder bores out of an etherial shroud at the eastern entrance to metropolitan Everett, very much adhering to the posted schedule.
Amtrak Empire Builder #7 arrived at Edmonds about 10 minutes late. A relief crew climbed onboard on AMTK 91. AMTK 91 was overhauled with a "bolt-on-nose" installed on the front of the locomotive.
The Empire Builder arrives on time from Chicago and points in between. The same train brought me into Seattle 20 minutes early the day before.
I was 16 and riding Amtrak No. 7, the Empire Builder, from Minneapolis to Seattle. The train is shown here pausing at Williston, ND. The paint on SDP40F #530 was so fresh that this could have be... (more)
A super rare daylight appearance of the westbound Empire Builder coming into Grand Forks. Unfortunately, this scene was made possible because of service disruptions from all the flooding b... (more)
Only a few moments before, the sounds of a BNSF freight train slugging it upriver on the other side of Lock and Dam #6 provided a nice audio backdrop to the quiet of the Mississippi Valley evening... (more)
The Empire Builder, #7 highballs the CN crossing at M.P. 102 on the CP Watertown Sub.
Amtrak's Empire Builder is up to track speed after making a station stop in Columbus 1.7 miles back.
Underground at Chicago Union Station, looking out of the Empire Builder's Portland sleeper. Visible through the door is a Metra commuter train.
Amtrak #7 leads 4 Sounder passenger cars West out of Milwaukee, WI.
