Amtrak ’s Empire Builder will resume regular passenger rail service routes and schedules between Chicago and Seattle, including North Dakota, in early January. As part of the service resumption, set ...

As a frequent rider, I think the Amtrak Builder, Cascades, and California Zephyr are some of the most beautiful train routes in North America.

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Amtrak officials say the company is changing the schedules of its Empire Builder passenger train because of congestion from increasing oil freight along the line. The Empire ...

Early the week of Jan. 13, Amtrak issued a cancellation alert for its Empire Builder: “Trains 7 and 8 will be canceled between Spokane and Chicago due to inclement weather throughout the area on ...

In August 2025, my wife and I planned a trip to the Pacific Northwest to visit family and friends. While we frequently travel by air and rental car, and have taken shorter train trips in the U.S. and ...

After three days of waiting out the weather, Amtrak is running trains east from Seattle, Edmonds and Everett again starting Monday. Service on the Empire Builder line was suspended between Seattle and ...

ABOARD THE EMPIRE BUILDER (Reuters) - Its passengers are mostly silver-haired retirees, oil-field workers and a few young families gazing out the windows of Amtrak's least-profitable and third-longest ...