The Portland section of the Empire Builder is heading towards a station stop at Wishram, WA
An 11 hour and 45 minute late Empire Builder running west of Cooks Washington. I had a ticket for this train from Spokane, WA to Bingen, WA. Once it got late enough that I would get home around ... (more)
Eastbound Empire Builder east of Bingen, WA
The Empire Builder hauls out of the Twin Cites eastbound through the Red Rock signals in Newport with the full high season consist and the Amtrak Exhibit Train. Next stop is Red Wing in ab... (more)
In the last light of the day, the eastbound Empire Builder zips along west of Trenton en route to its next station stop at Williston.
Twenty two years ago this was Seattle's skyline as viewed by Empire Builder passengers exiting the tunnel under the city at North Portal. A Marriott Hotel now occupies the vacant lot next to the t... (more)
The Empire Builder departs Union Depot nearly 13 hours late with a reverse consist and no baggage car. A pair of Wisconsin derailments at Alma and Watertown forced Amtrak to get creative g... (more)
Amtrak train 8, The Empire Builder heads over the Ballard draw bridge and out of Seattle with a triple header for power and plenty of head end business in this 1994 view. At this time Amtrak was s... (more)
Amtraks eastbound Empire Builder was running a little over an hour late passing Lake Pepin adjacent the Mississippi River near Maple Springs
Amtrak's Portland section of the Empire Builder begins to cross Naito Parkway as it prepares to turn around for the trip back east at the north end of the Steel Bridge.
Amtrak 10 leads the westbound Empire Builder around the curve at Bowman Rd and into the Dells.
The westbound Empire Builder heads west through Portage Junction.
It's an hour after sunrise and all is quiet on the Little Elk River as the Empire Builder flies east for its next stop in St Cloud.
The Chicago bound Empire Builder highballs through Camp Douglas, WI.
For the third time this week, Amtrak's Empire Builder detours through Willmar between Fargo and St Paul. A large derailment near Wadena has BNSF shuffling traffic through Minnesota, inclulding th... (more)