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Station stop Spokane,the conductor with his two way radio protects the rear end of the train from the rear door window of the last coach car on the Amtrak # 8 Empire Builder. Outside the Yardmaster hoops orders to the arriving # 28 that has come up from Portland its engine will be uncoupled then...
What a surprise on a foggy morning Amtrak # 7 the Empire Builder Chicago to Seattle comes in to Seattle this day with King Tut on point with a Geneis #42 nice # for a P-42 and a Cascades.After letting passengers off at King St. station on it comes thru the coach yard fresh out of the wash...
# 8 Amtrak the Empire Builder pulls out of Edmonds Wa.station stop on its way to Chicago as it pass M.P.-18 and a baretable waiting its turn in the hole on main # 2, and the beach goers enjoy the action from the beach at low tide.
M&ET - Modesto & Empire Traction? A pair of ultra clean power MET units were parked in Rochelle, Illinois.This one is 2004, the other one was 2003.
December 2011.
The Portland to Spokane section of the Empire Builder splits the East Maryhill signals at track speed.
For those interested in the camera settings: F2.8, 2", ISO 1000, 48mm.
A shortened Empire Builder passes through Grizzly, Montana on its way East. Due to the flooding in North Dakota, the train was running between Seattle, Washington and Havre, Montana, being reversed in Havre, and retuning West that same afternoon.
Amtrak # 7 westbound Empire Builder 5 1/2 hours late going through Edmonds Wa.,with its lead Genesis unit out of service somewhere along the way and being haul with a DASH-9.Also MoW signal gang working on the eastbound signals.
A old Santa Fe SD75-M takes the point on five hour late Amtrak #7 Empire Builder going into Edmonds Wa. must of lost a engine somwhere between Chicago and Seattle its last stop.Wed.10/13/2010
AMTK 188 leads the westbound "EMPIRE BUILDER" thru
Mukilteo,WA as it makes its way to the end of its westbound run at Seattle,WA 28 miles and two station stops ahead.
BNSF #8905 West is leading a Centralia Coal train just meeting the eastbound Amtrak Portland Section of the Empire Builder at Cooks siding.. Pasco West told the BNSF #8905 west to highball due to them leading a fleet of trains west behind him that were low on HOS (Hours of Service.) This was...