North Coast Limited
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The North Coast Limited was a named passenger train operated by the Northern Pacific Railway between Chicago and Seattle via Bismarck, North Dakota. It started on April 29, 1900, and continued as a Bu
The postwar diesel streamliner before the 1954 redesign
NP 300 (later renumbered 386), pulling the first North Coast Limited train on April 29, 1900, near Portland, Oregon. Photo by George M. Weister of the Angelus Studio.
The train and route in 1911.
As the Vista-Dome North Coast Limited, with its onboard stewardess-nurse.
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
North Coast Limited
…terminating at King Street Station in Seattle. Declining ridership and continuing red ink led the train to be jointly operated with the Great Northern's Empire Builder between Chicago and Minneapolis. By late 1967 the combination was combined with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy's Twin Cities Zephyrs between Chicago…
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