empire builder

Amtrak's Empire Builder stops in Minot, North Dakota in June, 2002. Info Type Inter-city rail System Amtrak Termini Chicago - Portland, Oregon/Seattle, Washington Operation Opened June 11, 1929 Owner BNSF Railway (Seattle - Minneapolis)

Canadian Pacific (Minneapolis - Glenview)

Metra (Glenview - Chicago) (track) Operator(s) Amtrak Technical Line length 2,206 miles (3,550 km) (Chicago - Seattle)

2,257 miles (3,632 km) (Chicago - Portland) Track gauge 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) [hide]Route map Legend Distance Station 0 Chicago 18 mi (29 km) Glenview 1 Illinois/Wisconsin border 86 mi (138 km) Milwaukee 1 150 mi (241 km) Columbus 178 mi (286 km) Portage 195 mi (314 km) Wisconsin Dells 240 mi (386 km) Tomah 281 mi (452 km) La Crosse Wisconsin/Minnesota border 308 mi (496 km) Winona 371 mi (597 km) Red Wing 417 mi (671 km) St. Paul-Minneapolis 482 mi (776 km) St. Cloud 548 mi (882 km) Staples 610 mi (982 km) Detroit Lakes Minnesota/North Dakota border 658 mi (1,059 km) Fargo 732 mi (1,178 km) Grand Forks 817 mi (1,315 km) Devils Lake 874 mi (1,407 km) Rugby 935 mi (1,505 km) Minot 989 mi (1,592 km) Stanley 1,055 mi (1,698 km) Williston North Dakota/Montana border 1,162 mi (1,870 km) Wolf Point 1,211 mi (1,949 km) Glasgow 1,277 mi (2,055 km) Malta 1,366 mi (2,198 km) Havre 1,471 mi (2,367 km) Shelby 1,495 mi (2,406 km) Cut Bank 1,528 mi (2,459 km) Browning 1,542 mi (2,482 km) East Glacier Park 1,573 mi (2,531 km) Essex 1,599 mi (2,573 km) West Glacier 1,620 mi (2,607 km) Whitefish 1,723 mi (2,773 km) Libby Montana/Idaho border 1,807 mi (2,908 km) Sandpoint Idaho/Washington border 1,877 mi (3,021 km) Spokane 1,996 mi (3,212 km) Ephrata 2,025 mi (3,259 km) Pasco 2,048 mi (3,296 km) Wenatchee 2,151 mi (3,462 km) Wishram 2,173 mi (3,497 km) Everett 2,182 mi (3,512 km) Bingen-White Salmon 2,188 mi (3,521 km) Edmonds 2,206 mi (3,550 km) Seattle 2,247 mi (3,616 km) Vancouver Washington/Oregon border 2,257 mi (3,632 km) Portland

The Empire Builder is a passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Northwestern United States. Before Amtrak, the Empire Builder was operated by the Great Northern Railway. The train was Great Northern's flagship. The current route runs from Chicago, Illinois to the Pacific Northwest. The line splits in Spokane, Washington, terminating at Seattle, Washington's King Street Station (2,206 miles, or 3,550km from Chicago) in the north or Portland, Oregon's Union Station (2,257 miles, or 3,632 km from Chicago) in the south.

The train passes through the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Layovers (train service stops) are made in Saint Paul, Minot, Havre, and Spokane. Other major stops on the route