A young woman snaps a picture of her ride as the eastbound Empire Builder arrives in West Glacier, MT.

The golden light of a new day illuminates the seven hour late eastbound Empire Builder as it speeds into Grand Forks.

A very late running eastbound "Empire Builder" hammers the diamond at Detroit Lakes.

Eastbound "Empire Builder" passes the Horsethief Lake dam on time

The Empire Builder pulls into Columbus, Wisconsin for its fourth station stop on its way out west.

The abbreviated (Seattle to Havre, MT, with no Portland section) eastbound Empire Builder leaves the Rocky Mountains behind and heads for the plains of central and eastern Montana.

Amtrak 808 makes a two minute station stop at Red Wing, a scenic town along the Mississippi River. Several railfans were out to capture Amtrak heritage unit 156 leading the Empire Builder.

The eastbound Empire Builder rolls into the siding. In about 30 seconds it will pass the westbound Empire Builder<... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder is about two hours late, but making up time as it zips along the single track between Becker and Big Lake.

With a rare visitor in the lead, the Empire Builder heads east out of Hillsboro, ND to get talked over a broken rail near Harwood.

The Empire Builder is just a wee bit behind today (about 10 hours) as this rare Cascades leader brings it into Larimore, ND.

After crawling over a broken rail, the very late Empire Builder is back on the move with a very rare(to this area) leader. Since Amtraks fleet of P42's have been plagued with problems, they've be... (more)

On New Year's Day 2011, weather forced Amtrak to turn the westbound Empire Builder (#7) around near Fargo. To get the train back to Chicago, it was coupled onto the rear of #8. Here the combined t... (more)

Just a bit behind the advertised, the eastbound Empire Builder flies through one of the trademark curves south of Lake City in Maple Springs, MN.

Running a few hours late, the Empire Builder heads past a pair of Griswalds still standing on Short Line Hill with four units elephant style.