An ALC-42 highballs the Chicago bound Empire Builder through Wadsworth, IL.

This begins the slowest part of the journey through the Twin Cities. Only a handful of miles to the Union Depot, it will take almost 30 minutes.

Waiting on equipment from train 28 at Spokane earlier in its journey, today's #8 is over 7 hours late. Despite the cold weather running with 3 units, the ground is bare of snow on this balmy 50 d... (more)

The Empire Builder, on schedule and at track speed.

Creeping into Union Station in St. Paul.

Fall colors and shopping cart at milepost 416.

Three hours late allowed a sun lit shot in this valley of trees.

Amtrak's Empire Builder rolls under the signal bridge at CP Morgan at the beginning of its 3 day journey to Seattle

A gentle curve welcomes the Empire Builder into Red Wing.

Amtrak Charger ALC-42 316 on a late westbound Portland Section of the Empire Builder.

A pair of Phase 7 ALC-42 Chargers leads Amtrak 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, past the former Milwaukee Road depot in Hastings, MN.

Just past the Minnesota Commercial yard, it is 10 minutes away from Union Depot.

The Seattle section of Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder is less than 20 minutes out of King Street Station as it runs through an S-Curve along the shores of Puget Sound at Carkeek Park Beach on a... (more)

AMTK 311 leads the eastbound Empire Builder in Minneapolis

AMTK 540 heads up the Empire Builder at King St. station as it loads passengers for its trip to Chicago via Stampede Pass to Spokane, then the former GN mainline via Glacier Park to Minneapolis be... (more)