After more than two decades of work, a new documentary about James J. Hill, the founder of the Great Northern Railway, will premiere this month.

Daily service on the Empire Builder, the only Amtrak line that traverses Montana, will resume May 23, the federally funded passenger rail service announced last week.

Rail riders will face difficulty making their way west from Montana for the time being after Amtrak announced Monday it shut down the Empire Builder route as a possible labor strike threatens to ...

Amtrak’s 46-hour Empire Builder runs daily, with stops in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois.

A view from the lounge car of the Empire Builder out of St. Paul. Credit: MinnPost photo by Bill Lindeke Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. A Washington Post ...

He was just 27 when he bought the Staten Island Advance for $98,000 in 1922. Since then, short (5 ft. 3 in.), stocky Samuel Irving Newhouse, 63, the son of a Russian immigrant, has strung together ...