Storm light over Brookfield Under a dark, stormy sky, Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder passes Milwaukee Road’s depot at Brookfield, Wisconsin, in April 1983.
Amtrak's Empire Builder does not concern bird life or a beachcomber as it slows for its station stop at Edmonds, Washington on its final lap into Seattle. Back in 2003 Amtrak offered reliable on t... (more)
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)
With two crew members in the cab, America's train flies west out of Reeseville for its next station stop in Columbus.
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)
An Empire Builder crosses the Skykomish River, curving through the small town of Index while making its way in the last hours of the westward run to Seattle. It was close to four o'clock in the a... (more)
Amtrak 98 splits the searchlights at Duplainvillle as it leads the Builder westbound.
A meet with a very late #7 and the Rocky Mountaineer's Coastal Passage excursion train.
A very late #7 just meet up with a NB Rocky Mountaineer's Coastal Passage excursion train and a couple of trespassers in Carkeek Park.
Due to a combination of a harsh winter, booming oil industry, and aggressive trackwork, Amtrak's Prized train, the Empire Builder detours over the KO Sub. While the eastbound train 8 still uses i... (more)
Already several hours late, the westbound Empire Builder departs the Dells and heads over the Wisconsin River.
The westbound Empire Builder, already several hours late, highballs past Rondout tower.
Amtrak's 100th P42 leads a 5 hour late Empire Builder through Skykomish.
The westbound Empire Builder is only about a mile away from the station stop at Edmonds.
A tardy Empire Builder rolls west along the Columbia River just east of Rock Island, WA. Next stop Wenatchee. The April 15 schedule change resulted in daylight running through Wenatchee and over S... (more)