A Conductor Comments on Empire Builder Delays.
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A Conductor Comments on Empire Builder Delays.

Amtrak has added between 90 minutes and three hours to the schedule of the Empire Builder in an effort to regain some semblance of on-time performance. As we all know, that train has been running many hours late because of freight congestion occurring across North Dakota. On March 27, the St. Paul Star-Tribune ran a…

Amtrak’s Empire Builder: Not A Jolly Good Show.
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Amtrak’s Empire Builder: Not A Jolly Good Show.

Some time ago – it was probably back in the early 90s – I was on Amtrak’s Empire Builder heading to Seattle. On the second afternoon, somewhere in the eastern part of Montana, I was having an enjoyable lunch in the dining car. One of my tablemates was a delightful man from England on an…