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

Amtrak’s Empire Builder train 7/27 traveling westbound from Chicago to Seattle/Portland on Sept. 25 derailed near Joplin, Mont., at 3:55 p.m. MT. The passenger train was traveling between 75-78 mph, ...

Yet, there is something still wonderful about taking the train. Every day, the Empire Builder begins a 2,205-mile journey from Chicago to Seattle and Portland and vice-versa.

Word spread fast among train fans that a refurbished Empire Builder would hit the rails. When it debuted in August, Amtrak said the passenger liner’s run from Chicago to Portland and Seattle … ...

WHITEFISH, Mont. — Nine months after Amtrak’s Empire Builder adjusted its schedule to deal with freight congestion, the passenger rail service has returned the train to its original timetable.

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.

In recent months, the ontime performance of Amtrak’s Empire Builder has been severely impacted by heavy freight train congestion on host railroad BNSF Railway’s Northern Corridor. A near-exponential ...

Eight months after Amtrak adjusted its schedule through northwest Montana to curb delays, the long-distance passenger train is still struggling to stay on time during trips between Chicago ...

Flooding in the Midwest has again disrupted service on Amtrak's Empire Builder traveling between Seattle and Chicago.

WHITEFISH – About an hour before dawn on a Friday morning, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder crept into the station, already an hour and one minute late into its 2,206-mile journey from ...

About an hour before dawn on a Friday morning, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder crept into the station, already an hour and one minute late into its 2,206-mile journey from Seattle to Chicago.