The eastbound Empire Builder makes a rare appearance on its original GN routing between Fargo and Minneapolis due to a derailment near Wadena, MN. After picking up a new pilot crew for the Wayzat... (more)

At about 17:00pm, along the banks of the Columbia River, the Portland Section of the Empire Builder still has 100 miles to cover before arriving in Pasco, WA. In tow is a private varnish, RVIX 80... (more)

"Hey, it matches!" Amtrak 184 is solo leading Amtrak train #7, the Empire Builder, over Gaynor Trestle on a cloudy early summer morning just east of the Cascade Tunnel and Berne Siding.... (more)

Along the banks of the Columbia River, the Portland Section of the Empire Builder is about to duck into Tunnel 9, just west of Lyle at 15:25pm.

Amtrak's Portland section of the Empire Builder rounds the curve adjacent to the Amtrak station in Vancouver.

The Empire Builder was descending the Columbia Basin Plateau via the Trinidad Loop at half past noon. While this would place them about six hours down, its running in daylight and in tee-shirt we... (more)

Just after sunrise, a late-running Amtrak Empire Builder crosses Indian Canyon Bridge just a few miles out of Spokane.

Along the north bank of the Columbia River the Portland section of the Empire Builder approaches their next quick stop at the Wishram depot just beyond the other side of Tunnel 12 at 9:00am. Pers... (more)

An Empire Builder skirts Nason Creek while ascending the valley towards Stevens Pass. For about a half mile this location is the nearest that the roadbed comes to the creek, a tributary of the We... (more)

A late Amtrak Portland Section of the Empire Builder, Rolls through the long siding at Cooks, Washington on the beginning of it's long run to Spokane and eventually Chicago. Amtrak temporarily re... (more)

Train No. 8, the Empire Builder rounds the curve at Trinidad Loop in late afternoon lighting as it climbs out of the Columbia River valley between Rock Island and Quincy, WA.

Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder crosses Gaynor trestle over Nason Creek at MP 1696 near Berne, WA. This train had two units, a deadhead Superliner car and four private cars on the rear.

During a solstice weekend on the BNSF's Scenic Subdivision at Gaynor, Washington (MP 1696.5), lupines are still hanging on to their late spring blooms on June 22nd, 2014 as a westbound Seattle sec... (more)

It's a warm North Dakota day as the eleven hour late eastbound Empire Builder rolls southward out of Grandin and past the future location of a siding.

Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder rolls along the Wenatchee River after leaving Leavenworth station. Next stop Wenatchee in about 20 minutes.