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)

The Empire Builder cruises along Lake Pepin, an extremely wide section of the Mississippi River, on the evening of the 4th of October. The train is approximately 8 hours late at this point... (more)

The Empire Builder makes its way rounding through the Minnesota Commercial Railway's A Yard hot on the tail of the Twin Cities & Western St. Paul Transfer, which is on the adjacent track to... (more)

The Empire Builder underway through the community of Saint Paul Park passing two minor landmarks on its way to Chicago, one being a crushed rock pile and the other is a full-grown tree. Th... (more)

The Empire Builder with the usual consist of P42's and stainless steel glides down short line hill along the Ayd Mill Road in St. Paul. This road was originally intended to continue to Int... (more)

An eastbound Empire Builder makes its way down the river valley toward Wenatchee after its evening stop at Leavenworth, Washington.

The Empire Builder rolls through the Van Buren St. control point on the BNSF Midway subdivision past the historic Northrup King Building in northeast Minneapolis.

The Empire Builder takes the switch onto the track through Saint Paul Park, towards Grey Cloud Island, and on towards Hastings and the Mississippi River lift bridge. This is the more sceni... (more)

The Empire Builder starts down the River subdivision passing through the East Oakland control point after making a stop at the St. Paul Union Depot, the new home of Amtrak operations in the... (more)

With a parishioner undergoing back surgery in St Cloud later in the morning, I was happy to get up early and see a few trains before heading to the hospital. I was even happier when I saw an alre... (more)

A very late (what else is new) Empire Builder is flying east for St Cloud trying to make up time lost overnight in North Dakota. The lone superliner ahead of the baggage car is heading to Chicago ... (more)

The Penn Central heritage unit is holding a long string of crude loads on top of the hill as some Amtrak heritage flies by with the eastbound Empire Builder.