Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder makes an on time departure out of downtown Chicago and passes under the PRR signal bridge at CP Morgan on Metra's Milwaukee District.

Amtrak's WB Empire Builder rolls through the farm fields west of Rio in the last sunlight of an unseasonably warm day.

The westbound Empire Builder departs out of Milwaukee.

The Westbound Builder departs Milwaukee with the usual P42 duo.

Amtrak #7 the Empire Builder glides into St. Paul.

Amtrak's Westbound Empire Builder departs out of the Dells with the Big Game 50 leading Phase IV 184.

Softly reflecting the sunset of February 28, 1992, Amtrak’s Empire Builder curves through Buelow, Montana, in a view from private car “Sierra Hotel” carrying the markers of the westbound tra... (more)

Empire Builders meet
We’re looking out the door window on the rear sleeper of Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder moving through a siding over a frigid and barren eastern Montana lands... (more)

Just minutes after sunrise, a tardy Empire Builder flies west through the North Dakota foothills near Larimore.

The Westbound Empire Builder departs the Dells on a nice Spring evening.

The Westbound Empire Builder departs the Dells and passes over the Wisconsin River.

Amtrak Phase IV heritage unit ducks under the Pennsy signal bridge at CP Morgan with the westbound Empire Builder, meeting a inbound Metra. 2 of the 3 sets of position lights had been replaced, an... (more)

SIGNALS REPLACED Pennsy Style position Signal Heads were replaced at CP-Morgan north of Union Station. The PRIOR signal bridge remains. The original signals date back to the original Panhandle... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder departs Chicago and heads west towards Seattle and Portland, passing under the Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge at CP Morgan.

Locomotives:
AMTK 154 P42DC
A... (more)

A true "Wow, I can't believe this happened!".. actually happened on March 11th of 2017, as an Amtrak Cascades F59PHI escaped from Washington State leading Amtrak 8, and was turned and re... (more)