Amtrak train 7, The Empire Builder, detours along the former SP&S between Spokane and Seattle. The train is just east of Wishram. It was running separately from the normal Portland section, and wo... (more)

Amtrak #130 is seen leading the Empire Builder #8 east climbing up Marias Pass - 15/09/2013

Lots of snow in the Montana Rockies this year, so much so that an avalanche closed this route near Java yesterday. Earlier in February the Empire Builder made for a fine, albeit late, sight curvin... (more)

The lights of Stevens Pass Ski Resort illuminate the sky as Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder #8 continues it's journey east and is about to enter the 7.8 mile long Cascade Tunnel. Off in the dist... (more)

Normally it would be tough to get the eastbound Builder in light here during the short days of winter but the perpetually late No. 8 allows for a nice shot as it enters Bad Rock Canyon east of Col... (more)

The Empire Builder crosses over Fresh Water Coulee slightly over six and a half miles from the Grand Forks Amtrak station over 11 hours late.

A late No. 8 will become even later as it eases to a stop at East Browning where it would wait nearly an hour for two westbound trains. BNSF had eight trains dead and tied down between Nyack and P... (more)

A very late Amtrak 27 - Portland Section of the Empire Builder.

The Empire Builder running just over 10 hours late is on approach to the Grand Forks station near the milepost 2.26 grade crossing of the Devils Lake subdivision after meeting the late west... (more)

A late-running Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, cruises through Grizzly, Montana, on December 23, 1998. The train is leaving the snow-covered Rocky Mountains of Glacier National Park behind on th... (more)

Two EMD F40PHs lead Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, across the celebrated Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana, surrounded by a clear, cool winter wonderland in Glacier National Park.

Amtrak Empire Builder #7 continues along the Sound on its final destination in Seattle. The weather was blustery, but it was also nice and the engineer was already waving at me before I started to... (more)

Amtrak’s Empire Builder approaches the summit of Marias Pass east of Bison, Montana, on October 9, 1996. Morning sun glints brightly off the sides of stainless steel Superliner cars as the train... (more)

28 with some extra private varnish

The Empire Builder: Amtrak's No. 8, the Empire Builder, rolls east through Browning, Mont. on Aug. 25, 2013. The second unit is No. 184, which sports Amtrak's Phase IV heritage scheme. Smok... (more)