Empire Builder
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The Empire Builder is a daily long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and either Seattle or Portland via two sections west of Spokane. Introduced in 1929, it was the flagship
The Empire Builder in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, March 2026.
Empire Builder on the Stone Arch Bridge, Minneapolis, c. 1929
Empire Builder traveling through Glacier National Park, Montana. (1947)
The train at Winona Junction, Wisconsin, in 1958
Superliner (railcar)
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The Superliner is a type of bilevel intercity railroad passenger car used by Amtrak, the national rail passenger carrier in the United States. Amtrak commissioned the cars to replace older single-leve
Empire Builder
…the stops at Willmar, Breckenridge and Morris. In October 1979, the Builder was the first of Amtrak's western long-distance services to receive the new Superliner I cars built by Pullman-Standard. Due to the harsh winter weather of the Upper Midwest plains, and the mountainous areas of Montana, Idaho and Washington…
Superliner I cars on the San Francisco Zephyr in November 1980
Interior of a Superliner I Sightseer lounge
The exterior of a Hi-Level lounge on the El Capitan soon after completion in 1956
Superliners under construction at the Pullman plant in Hammond, Indiana