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Second build in my Iron Builder round against Caleb (Cheesie), with the Minecraft Trident in sand green as a seed part.
The seed part was used 10 times.
Stalagtite/stalagmite design by Thorsten Bonsch.
Three identical Siemens ALC-42s take the Empire Builder away from Saint Paul Union Depot underneath the bluffs along the Mississippi River. For a long while now Amtrak has only allocated a single coach on the Seattle section while the Portland section retains two. One of those things that makes you say, "Hmmmm...."
On a cold and clear Thanksgiving Day, Amtrak train No. 8, the Empire Builder, heads east across the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, leaving the jagged mountains of Glacier National Park in its rearview mirror.
Amtrak 77 leads the Westbound Empire Builder through Duplainville. Note the recently installed quad gates. Pewaukee, WI
Five days after shooting this Empire Builder consist on August 5th, it is again making another round trip on the route from Chicago to the west coast on August 10th. Some strange dispatching delayed the Builder's route into the Minnesota Commercial and down the CP Merriam Park Subdivision to Union Depot.
Amtrak's Chicago bound Empire Builder nears the summit of Marias Pass hauled by ALC-42's No. 331 & 319.
As the sun dips across the horizon, the Empire Builder #7 crosses the Gassman Bridge nearly 8 hours late. The polar vortex has played havoc to the railroad for another winter…I can’t wait for spring…BNSF 7983, 312, 310, 361
A builder at work in a Rome backstreet. I liked the way the sun was catching the wooden posts, it made them glow in almost a religious way.
For an account of a few interesting days in Rome:
It's around 3:15pm on June 11, 2021 on a sunny day, perfect for a different take on the Empire Builder as it navigates through Saint Paul down seven hours. Here it works through the Minnesota Commercial yard in the Midway neighborhood.
Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder passes through a frozen scene as the blue hour descends on Brookfield after one of Wisconsin’s winter ice/snowstorms in February 1983. The two EMD F40PHs have the train at track speed as they pass the north edge of Wirth Park.
BNSF 8219 leads the Empire Builder down the Milwaukee Road-built Short Line at Merriam Park seen here crossing the bridge passing over I-94 and Fairview Avenue.
This is my third and final entry into the Iron Forge second round, using wrenches and hammers as the seed part. I used them in the chairs, the steps, as the door handle, and as part of the power pole. This was a fun build, and I'm pretty proud of it. I hope you enjoy!
Cheers!
Benjamin
The Empire Builder exits Saint Paul down an hour off the schedule. A pair of GE P42DCs make this train appear like an Empire Builder before the inception of the Siemens ALC-42s.
On a frigid day with winds blowing light, powdery snow into drifts wherever they could form, three P42s guide Amtrak 7, the westbound 'Empire Builder' up onto the grade separation at CP Morgan / Racine Avenue, Chicago.
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The northbound Amtrak Empire Builder rolls through Morton Grove IL. behind former BN power. March 1973.
It is a typical March afternoon in Oconomowoc, as I am riding along on the eastbound Milwaukee Road patrol. We are aboard GP38-2 353 with SD10 545 trailing by the former Milwaukee Road station, heading for Brownberry Ovens with airslide hoppers of flour. Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder is right on time and looking fine as they fly by the old depot.
This is a scan of one of those high quality 110 instamatic prints that I have so many of. I just bought a Kodak Slide and Scan Film Scanner for scanning those tiny 110 negatives, we'll see how it does.
Milwaukee Road Patrol 400
MILW 353, 545
AMTK 374
Amtrak number 7
Oconomowoc, WI.
March 1981
The warm December air welcomes Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder, as they hustle out of the Reeseville Marsh basin at Richwood, with the forty year anniversary locomotive leading the way.
AMTK 156,48
Amtrak 8
Richwood, WI.
Winter 2019
The Empire Builder pulls off the mainline at St. Anthony and into the Minnesota Commercial to bridge the gap over to Merriam Park.
I think the evolution of how Amtrak crews navigate the Minnesota Commercial's series of switches is a fascinating thing and also a slow thing. I have come to expect 15-20 minutes for the Empire Builder to approach the yard, let a conductor out, and move through the yard and line the three switches. There is plenty of time to grab a photo and make it with time to another photo spot east of Merriam Park.
Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
No 1512
Linz a/D. 1929.
Lok 498.04, Schmalspurdampflok der BBÖ (Uh 4)
Baujahr 1929
Steyrtalmuseumsbahn
Österreich
4-9-2016
The Empire Builder zips over Jamaica Avenue in Cottage Grove on the CPKC River Subdivision with help from the BNSF. I don't like when freight power is on Amtrak, but I was in the area for Borealis, so why not get a shot of the Empire Builder anyway? So far, 2025 has been nothing but equipment failures and problems for both the Borealis and Empire Builder. It is unfortunate and disappointing.
The Empire Builder passes near the Glacier Wind Farm on the high plains in north-central Montana, a little ways west of Shelby.
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