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)

Running about 2.5 hours late, Amtrak P42 140 leads the eastbound Empire Builder over the Wisconsin River and into the waterpark capital of the world.

Arriving exactly when it should be departing, the Empire Builder pulls through the switches off of the BNSF Midway Subdivision at St. Anthony Junction into the Minnesota Commercial A Yard i... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder gets ready to leave Minneapolis/St. Paul in its dust after its Minneapolis stop. But before doing so, it passes some pretty spectacular views as seen from high atop Da... (more)

The Empire Builder made up all its lost time between St. Cloud and St. Paul and made an on-time departure from the St. Paul Midway Station. On this ideal summer day passengers will get som... (more)

Lots of people were in the lounge and dining cars as the Empire Builder traveled through St. Paul adjacent to the Mississippi River. The weather was excellent, sunny and warm, making for a... (more)

The Empire Builder makes up good time lost during the night around Fargo by shortening the St. Paul station stop. From St. Paul to Chicago the train would not do any worse than a few min... (more)

The Empire Builder glides down short line hill into the Mississippi River Valley with 140 & 124 as power with two BNSF executive coached attached on the end.

Amtrak Number 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, includes five extra private cars in the consist as it curves into Browning, Montana, on September 8, 1999. Three domes cars, including former Califor... (more)

Amtrak number 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, carries former California Zephyr dome-observation Silver Solarium with the markers as the train passes through Marias, Montana, on September 8, 1999.

The headlamps of Amtrak P42DC locomotive #25 illuminate the path ahead as the engineer prepares to throttle up the eastbound Empire Builder through the FO Switch down the Hillsboro subdivis... (more)

The Amtrak Phase IV paint scheme on the Empire Builder.

Amtrak's Phase IV Heritage unit swings out of the big curve at Grand Ave. interlocking, passing Miller Brewing. Soon the eastbound builder will make it's stop in Milwaukee, and head south down the... (more)