Every day, the Empire Builder begins a 2,205-mile journey from Chicago to Seattle and Portland and vice-versa.

Reed and family are riding the Empire Builder, Amtrak's historic Chicago-to-Seattle run, with a leg to Portland, Ore., the same train Winkenweder will take for his day trip and a route that stops ...

Two more Empire Builder trains bound for Portland, Oregon, and Spokane, Washington, were also canceled, as was a Borealis train scheduled to arrive in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to Amtrak.

On some routes, you may save money by taking an Amtrak train, but Empire Builder is not cheap. At time of writing, the cheapest trip that you can book on an Amtrak train midweek from Chicago to ...

The Empire Builder travels about 2,200 miles between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest, with a choice of Seattle or Portland as a start or end point, Amtrak says.

Considering a cross-country train adventure? Discover the pros and cons of riding Amtrak’s Empire Builder in a sleeper car. From… ...

Service on the Empire Builder line was suspended between Seattle and Chicago due to blizzard-like conditions in the upper Midwest, making travel impossible. Amtrak was running buses between ...

Amtrak's Borealis line, running from the Twin Cities to Chicago, transported over 200,000 passengers in its first year. Combined ridership for the Borealis and Empire Builder lines on this route ...

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.

The eTickets are being accepted on the Cascades run, which connects Everett and Edmonds to Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and Eugene, and the Empire Builder, which connects Edmonds and Everett to ...

Total ridership for the new St. Paul to Chicago corridor, including both the Borealis and the Amtrak Empire Builder, was more than 293,000, up 227% compared to the previous year, according to Amtrak.