Midway Station is no longer in use and the Empire Builder now bypasses the old platform. Today the train is late providing a nice afternoon setting as it heads toward Union Depot in downtown St. ... (more)

Noticeable missing its usual 2nd Genesis engine, BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder through Elk River.

BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder.

Amtrakā€™s eastbound Empire Builder has just departed St. Paul, Minnesota, and is now negotiating trackage through Division Street on June 10, 2016.

Amtrak long route formation - No. 8 Empire Builder - comes to great Chicago, crossing the N Canal Street and enter to Union Station in dowtown Chicago. In background, Metra trains performing servi... (more)

Amtrak's SB Empire Builder crosses from One Main to Two Main at the Oakwood crossover in Caledonia. Within a few short months, that switch heater will be needed to keep the C & M fluid.

The Eastbound Empire Builder passes False Summit on the downhill side of Marias Pass on a beautiful Fall morning. This train was first established in 1929. The Empire Builder was Great Northern's ... (more)

After crossing the Continental Divide over Marias Pass, the Eastbound Empire Builder crosses the Two Medicine River Bridge just outside East Glacier and is about to cross the vast Montana plains.

The Eastbound Empire Builder crosses the Java Trestle just East of Essex, MT after making the flag stop at the station. The train is about to cross Marias Pass at the Continental Divide and head E... (more)

The Eastbound Empire Builder passes the famous Izaak Walton Inn just before making the flag stop at Essex station. The inn was built in 1939 by the Great Northern Railway to house workers on this ... (more)

Amtrakā€™s eastbound Empire Builder crosses Sheep Creek Trestle just east of Essex, Montana, on October 6, 1997, while traversing the border of scenic Glacier National Park.

On a cold and snowy October 10, 1997, Amtrakā€™s eastbound Empire Builder climbs over Marias Pass at Marias, Montana, led by GE P40DC No. 812 and EMD F40PH No. 378.

Empire Builder rolls thru lush green fields enroute to St. Paul Union Depot.

Amtrakā€™s Empire Builder is about to leave the mountains of Glacier National Park behind as it cruises eastbound through Grizzly, Montana, on February 29, 1992.

Amtrak 130 holds in Glenview with 8 in tow.