The Amtrak Empire Builder train traverses dramatic landscapes across Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, ...

One of the greatest perks of train travel is the freedom it offers to get up, walk around, and enjoy the scenery while someone else does the driving. There’s no need to plan gas stops, pull over at ...

Train travel is all about sitting back and settling in. Its greatest luxury is space and time: no middle seats, generous ...

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 ...

Daily passenger rail service is on track to return to Spokane. Nearly half a year after Amtrak reduced service on the Empire Builder to three days a week due to a precipitous decline in revenue and ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Three people died and more were injured in Amtrak’s Empire Builder train derailment in north Montana. It is still not known how the train derailed, but the National Transportation ...

Amtrak’s Empire Builder train 7/27 traveling westbound from Chicago to Seattle/Portland on Sept. 25 derailed near Joplin, Mont., at 3:55 p.m. MT. The passenger train was traveling between 75-78 mph, ...

The long-distance train route from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest passes city skylines, national parks, lakes, small towns, and more. One of the greatest perks of train travel is the freedom it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aerial view of the Amtrak Empire Builder along Lake Five in Montana. One of the greatest perks of train travel is the freedom it ...