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)
A very late Amtrak Empire Builder #8 wasted no time accelerating out of Edmonds. The engineer was giving a wave at me and blowing by a couple of trespassers at the same time.
The Empire Builder that originated in Seattle/Portland on Friday, June 28, leaves St. Paul just over and hour and a half late. Emergency crews arrived to meet the train at Midway station f... (more)
After traveling by the Puget Sound, through the Cascades, Glacier National Park, the Great Plains of Montana and North Dakota, plus the farming landscape of Minnesota, the Empire Builder tr... (more)