Train travel is much maligned in the United States, and many bemoan the fact that it is not what it could be or should be or used to be. The long-distance Empire Builder, especially, faces severe ...

Amtrak's Empire Builder service between Chicago and Seattle or Portland passes through some of the West's most majestic ...

The 46-hour cross-country rail trip—which can cost as little as $160—is nothing short of epic.

In August 2025, my wife and I planned a trip to the Pacific Northwest to visit family and friends. While we frequently travel by air and rental car, and have taken shorter train trips in the U.S. and ...

This isn’t a flight—it’s a rail adventure: 2 days on the Empire Builder from Seattle to Chicago. Discover what slower travel ...

Amtrak ’s Empire Builder will resume regular passenger rail service routes and schedules between Chicago and Seattle, including North Dakota, in early January. As part of the service resumption, set ...

ABOARD THE EMPIRE BUILDER (Reuters) - Its passengers are mostly silver-haired retirees, oil-field workers and a few young families gazing out the windows of Amtrak's least-profitable and third-longest ...

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 ...

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. The rail agency said that the ...

The roomette was an upgrade from coach seating, but a step down from Amtrak's larger bedrooms. Even though it was just 20 square feet, it's the only way I'd take a long-distance train again. In ...

An anonymous listener recently slipped a note through the Bubbler Talk ticket window, asking if it’s true that Amtrak will finally offer a second daily roundtrip passenger train between Milwaukee and ...