Every day, the Empire Builder begins a 2,205-mile journey from Chicago to Seattle and Portland and vice-versa. One of Amtrak’s signature routes, it passes through Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, ...

FARGO, N.D. - Heavy freight traffic from North Dakota's oil boom is hampering Amtrak passenger trains between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest. Spokesman Marc Magliari says Amtrak is canceling or ...

The Amtrak Empire Builder train traverses dramatic landscapes across Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, ...

Amtrak’s Empire Builder route was expected to re-open in Montana on Friday, Feb. 10, after storms closed the line in the Marias Pass area. A westbound train departing Chicago on Friday was expected to ...

WENATCHEE -- Wendy Pippel's first ride on the Empire Builder train across the Cascade Mountains to Seattle might also turn out to be her last. "There may not be many more," Pippel said as she and her ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL - Trains are back on track at St. Paul's Union Depot, albeit more than a year behind their original schedule. Beginning May 7, Amtrak's Empire Builder will arrive and depart from the ...

On May 21, the first ever Amtrak Borealis train departed St. Paul for Chicago. With passenger rail in the United States in decline for decades prior, the opening of a new route was a historic moment.

RIDERS. AS TRAVEL HOURS TAKE TO THE TRACKS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON ON THANKSGIVING TO YOU, TOO. AMTRAK AND THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE EXPANDING THEIR OPTIONS. I’D TAKE THE TRAIN IF I ...

WHILE ARRESTING INGLIS. A NEW PASSENGER TRAIN COULD BE ON THE WAY, CONNECTING MILWAUKEE TO CHICAGO AND THE TWIN CITIES. THE AMTRAK SERVICE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE STOPS IN WISCONSIN, INCLUDING ONES AT ...