On Christmas Eve in 2007, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder passes the small BNSF yard and Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, Montana. Three GE P42DCs power the holiday-swollen consist and are ready for... (more)
Lighting up in the low December sun, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder crosses Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana. Three Amtrak GE P40DCs power the train, all in different schemes. Lea... (more)
Amtrak train 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, skirts Glacier National Park at Bison, Montana, on December 22, 1998. Three GE P40DCs power the 12-car train, including lead No. 802 repainted in then... (more)
On the morning before I flew back to Atlanta out of Minneapolis, I went down to Hastings, MN to try to capture some CP trains crossing the Mississippi River. The CP trains were a no-show, but I wa... (more)