Fall Amtrak Vacation 2006 |
Amtrak's Empire Builder
In Pictures |
Photos Taken Along The Route |
 One of many farms in Southern Wisconsin. |
 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of Shotz Brewery (Remember the TV Series "Laverne & Shirley" in the 80's?) Also see the movie "Wayne's World" where they visit Alice Cooper performing a show there and get backstage passes. They also ripped off Laverne & Shirley when they visited the infamous brewery! This photo was taken during the first of many smoking breaks on the train. |
 Minot, North Dakota, this photo was taken during our station and service stop there. |
 Somewhere in Western North Dakota, Big Sky Country!!! |
 Williston, North Dakota. Taken at our station stop and another smoking break! |
 Great Northern 2-8-2 Mikado #3059 on display near the station. |
 2 BNSF Switchers, an SW1200 #3519 & SW10 #3648 sit in the yard near Havre, MT. |
 Great Northern #2584, a Class S-2 4-8-4 Northern on display next to the station in Havre, MT. This Northern was built by Baldwin in 1930. |
 Rear view of #2584 with its Vanderbilt Tender. There is also a huge sign explaining this steamer located on the tender. |
 Havre, MT, station stop and quick smoking break as we were running late. |
 I saw this sign on the station building in Shelby, MT. Very nicely done! |
 BNSF GP39M #2816 parked in Shelby next to a parking lot behind the station. |
 Shelby, MT, the start of the Marias Pass Route on Microsoft Train Simulator, the real thing looks very similar to the popular computer game! |
 An interesting looking trailer park just West of Shelby! |
 One of hundreds of wheat fields along the route, somewhere North of here is Canada! |
 It was a quick stop in Cut Bank, MT. This photo taken from my coach window. |
 The start of the big rock cut where Cut Bank got it's name from. |
 Cut Bank, Montana! |
 One more view at Cut Bank. |
 Night shot of The Empire Builder taken in Whitefish, Montana. |
 Great Northern NW3 #181 on permanent display at the Whitefish Station. |
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