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Tag: Empire Builder

Heading south through the Midwest

Leaving Fargo, we entered Minnesota and caught glimpses of farmland usually shrouded in darkness for passengers of the Empire Builder. … More

Amtrak, Chicago, Empire Builder, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Mississippi, travel, United States, US, USA Rail Pass, Wisconsin

Steel work

The Empire Builder train crossed the state line to North Dakota in the early evening, stopping in Williston to take … More

Amtrak, Empire Builder, North Dakota, travel, United States, US, USA Rail Pass

From the Rockies to the Big Sky

After falling asleep in the eastern part of Washington state, we travelled across the topmost portion of Idaho, crossing that … More

Amtrak, Empire Builder, Glacier National Park, Idaho, Montana, travel, United States, US, USA Rail Pass, Washington

Pugent Sound and Cascades

On leaving Seattle the Empire Builder to Chicago travels past the Pugent Sound and through the Cascades mountains on the … More

Amtrak, Cascade Range, Empire Builder, Pugent Sound, Skykomish River, travel, United States, US, USA Rail Pass, Washington State

Getting Greener

I re-boarded the Coast Starlight at midnight.  Fortunately it was on time, so I didn’t need to wait too long … More

Amtrak, California, Coast Starlight, Columbia River, Empire Builder, Mount Shasta, Oregon, travel, United States, US, USA Rail Pass

USA Rail Pass

Readers of this blog from its start may have noticed my interest in trains.  In my last months in the … More

Amtrak, Chicago, City of New Orleans, Coast Starlight, Empire Builder, Houston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle, Sunset Limited, travel, United States, US

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