What do you do when the tide comes in and covers your photo spot? Get wet!

It's often tough to get good pix while on a family vacation, but the Izaak Walton Inn perhaps offers an exception. Here between Red Bus tours and lake boat rides I found time for a morning trip o... (more)

Number 8 leans into the curve as it starts its climb up Lake Hill.

The skyline of St Paul provides a panoramic background in which to photograph the "Empire Builder."

The eastbound Empire Builder flies up the hill out of the river valley two hours behind schedule.

A terminated eastbound Empire Builder has flipped its direction via the Canal Street Wye, and now is entering the Amtrak yard from the south to get a wash down and servicing before going back out ... (more)

The Empire Builder is just a few minutes tardy out of the twin cities. I just got off this train after my trip home from Seattle.

The Empire Builder departs Seattle about an hour behind schedule. I actually was the one that made the train late as I called in a trespasser who decided to basically sit on the tracks nea... (more)

This train was running over 1 hour late to due a malfunctioned signal and superliner maintenance, but it was the right timing that makes the people on both on the beach and in the train that make ... (more)

Just east of Becker.

The eastbound Empire Builder is on time as it threads its way between the Mississippi River and Dayton's Bluff on a crisp spring morning.

The eastbound Empire Builder crosses the Two Medicine River Bridge behind P42DCs 178, 47, and 16

The Empire Builder dodges the long morning shadows as the crew gets it's track assignment for Coon Creek. The new crossovers and signals behind the train are in preparation for the start o... (more)

As car attendants monitor last-minute boarding, the eastbound Empire Builder prepares to resume its journey, some three hours off the advertised. A green GP39 resting in the yard preserves some o... (more)

The Empire Builder is about 45 minutes behind schedule as it greets the sunrise outside of Elk River.