After completing station work and a recrew, the Floridian departs Raleigh with a pair of Chargers in two different liveries.

The Floridian arrives in Raleigh behind a Phase VI painted Charger, the first to lead a train in NC.

The EB Empire Builder rolls through Caledonia behind locomotives in three different color schemes.

The Empire Builder heads west out of Hawley with Charger blue and red leading the way. A late season winter storm gave the landscape along the Buffalo River a perfect blanket of snow overnight.

Operating over six hours behind schedule, the Portland section of the Empire Builder passes the trackside vineyard near Maryhill siding. The train's next station stop is at Wishram. a few minutes ... (more)

Some of the first light of a chilly January day finds the front of a late running eastbound Empire Builder as it climbs out of the Red River valley on the former Northern Pacific mainline in weste... (more)

A pair of new Siemens ALC-42s lead the eastbound Empire Builder, running just over 2hrs late out of St Cloud.

The Westbound Empire Builder departs the Dells behind two of Amtrak's new ALC-42s.

Two new Chargers head-up the WB Empire Builder. Because of weather expected in North Dakota, this train 'turned' at St. Paul.

The Empire Builder with new Charger locomotives is well documented from the air and the ground by fellow railfan Chris Laskowski.

For the first time ever, an ALC-42 led a revenue train into Chicago. Despite multiple delays as well as striking a pickup truck in Washington state, ALC-42 #302 was fit enough to drag the train in... (more)

AMTK 302 followed by two 50th anniversary units and a phase 5 P42 lead the eastbound Empire Builder through St. Paul Midway, running over 9 hours late.

AMTK 302 followed by two 50th anniversary units and a phase 5 P42 lead the eastbound Empire Builder through Fridley, running over 9 hours late.

Two of Amtrak's new Siemens ALC-42s arrive at the St Cloud station for a crew change and passenger stop before continuing the second half of their maiden voyage. This was the first revenue run ... (more)

Amtrak's ALC-42 #302 (the first ALC-42 to lead an Amtrak revenue train) and P42DC #161 (the 50th Anniversary Phase I heritage unit) lead the westbound Empire Builder into Everett, WA on February 1... (more)