Union Station - Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- ... While in Chicago we met up with Jason briefly at a Starbucks right outside of Union Station ...
- ... We left from Union Station on the Amtrack which of course was late and got into Bloomington way behind schedule ...
- ... Denny and Mary-Ann, or Mak, to her mates picked us from Union Station in Chicago and we had three brilliant days with them, especially enjoying Denny's Robert Deniro Chicago accent The train from ...
- ... Tried heading to union station in the hope of dropping my bag off there ...
- ... Amazingly enough boarding the Southwest Chief was our first encounter with Amtrak stupidity and it happened at Chicago Union Station, a place that is normally well run ...
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- The C**** outside Chicago Union Station by Vjlarson from a blog titled And then there's Union Station
- A corner of the lounge at Union Station by Vjlarson from a blog titled And then there's Union Station
- The old Union Station building by Vjlarson from a blog titled And then there's Union Station
- Union Station Great Hall by Wareameye from a blog titled The Adventure Begins
- Union Station in Chicago by Travelin_rpcvs from a blog titled The Windy City
- Union Station Statue by Wareameye from a blog titled The Adventure Begins
- Union Station Layover by Woodsideamerica from a blog titled The Southwest Chief
- Union Station Chicago by Bekandjesse from a blog titled Blown away by the windy city
- Chicago Union Station by Lib001 from a blog titled Boarded the California Zephyr
- Union Station by Woodsideamerica from a blog titled The Southwest Chief
- Union Station by Mimiama from a blog titled Veterne mesto krstneho otca
- Union Station by Adamz from a blog titled Overnight bus to get back for flight to Alaska
- Union Station by C.i.222 from a blog titled Another trip to Chicago to enjoy friends & museums
- Union station by Kjerstan from a blog titled Chicago again...
Seattle to Glacier on Amtrak Empire Builder
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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 are Milwaukee; Fargo; Whitefish, Montana; and Vancouver, Washington. Host railways include BNSF Railway's northern route from Seattle to Minneapolis, Minnesota Commercial from Minneapolis to St. Paul, Canadian Pacific from St. Paul to Rondout, and Metra from Rondout to Chicago.
One train passes in each direction daily. The schedule is timed so the train will pass through the scenic Rocky Mountains (especially Glacier National Park) during daylight, but this is more likely in summer and on eastbound trains. It normally takes 45 to 46 hours to travel the entire route, barring delays. This averages 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) including stops
The original Empire Builder was inaugurated by the Great Northern on June 11, 1929. The train was named in honor of railroad tycoon James J. Hill, who reorganized several failing railroads into the Great Northern Railway and extended the line to the Pacific Northwest in the late 19th century (Hill's nickname was The Empire Builder). The service was altered to carry additional passengers during World War II. After the war, new streamlined, diesel-powered trains were placed into service. This postwar service began on February 23, 1947. The train was fully re-equipped again in 1951.[1]
The schedule of the route was optimized to allow riders views of the passing Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountain landscapes of Glacier National Park, a park that was established through the decisive lobbying efforts of the Great Northern. After it was re-equipped in the 1950s passengers viewed the route through its three dome coaches and one full-length Great Dome car for first class passengers.
Since its inception service has run from Chicago to Spokane, and split into Seattle and Portland sections (except during the Amtrak era between 1971 and 1981, when there was no Portland section). Prior to 1971, the Chicago to St. Paul leg of the train's route was operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad via its mainline along the Mississippi River through Wisconsin.[1] The Spokane-Portland section of the train was historically operated by the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway.[1]
After 1971 Amtrak assumed operation of the train and shifted the Chicago to St. Paul leg to the Milwaukee Road mainline route through Milwaukee.
In fiscal year 2007, the Empire Builder carried over a half million passengers, maintaining its status as the most popular long-distance train in Amtrak's national system. Through the first six months of fiscal year 2008, the train is nearly 9 percent ahead of its ridership from the previous year.
North Bound Amtrak Empire Builder MUST SEE Heritage Unit #156 at Rondout JCT. Illinois HD
i could not Believe i saw the Heritage Unit #156 it was defiantly a treat to see
went trainspotting for a couple hours at the Rondout JCT in Illinois
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Empire Builder Amtrak train is leaving Seattle terminal for Chicago.
The Empire Builder is a passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Northwestern United States. It is Amtrak's busiest long-distance-daily train, carrying more than 500,000 travelers annually from 2007-2010.
Chicago Union Station Great Hall
Watch the inside of the Chicago Union Station Great Hall with its 1935 architecture and interior
Amtrak Empire Builder アムトラック エンパイア・ビルダー号 シアトル・キングストリート駅発車
シアトルからシカゴまで2泊3日で結ぶアメリカの長距離列車エンパイア・ビルダー号が夕刻のキングストリート駅を出発する。
GE Genesis diesel-electric locomotive hauling a Superliner sleepers and coaches train will depart from Seattle King Street station, Washington, United States. This train bound for Chicago, Illinois.
美鐵帝國建設者號列車將離開西雅圖國王街車站。
Take a tour-1,450 foot tall Sears tower-Willis tower skyscraper Chicago.
Enjoy this tour of the 1,450 foot tall Willis tower (Sears tower) located in Chicago, Illinois. This is the second tallest building in the United States. Video was taken April, 2016
Amtrak USA varied changing scenery. Chicago to Seattle to S.F. to Chicago. Speeded up. 1080p.
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TRIP REPORT | Amtrak City of New Orleans | Chicago to Champaign | Coach Class Experience!
Welcome to my 27th trip report, the second of two onboard Amtrak. This one is long overdue and I apologize but I hope it's worth it! I enjoyed both trips on Amtrak, their coach class is amazing and would love to take it again! I hope you enjoy the video and please watch in 1080p60 for best quality.
NOTE: This train runs from Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA which is a 19 hour journey total. I only rode it for the first two hours from Chicago to Champaign.
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Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotives: GE P42DC #57 and #64
Route: Chicago to Champaign (stops in Homewood & Kankakee)
Seat: 24 (Coach/Window Seat)
Overall Rating: 9/10
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All Aboard - Amtrak's Empire Builder
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The American Northwest was opened for development by the Great Northern Railroad in 1893. The Great Northerns premier passenger train was known as the 'Empire Builder', and this tradition is continued by Amtrak today.
The train travels the 2200 miles from Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington through the most spectacular scenery in the Northwestern United States.
The viewer will enjoy all phases of this adventure from interviews with the crew to historical notes and the always impressive vistas.
The train travels through both the rugged and snow capped, Rocky and Cascade Mountains on it's way West to the Pacific coast.
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Amtrak's Empire Builder #8 at Golden Gardens Park on 4/11/19
Amtrak's Empire Builder #8 to Chicago, Illinois passes through Golden Gardens Park in Seattle, Washington with Amtrak P42DC #17 leading.
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TRIP REPORT - Amtrak, St. Louis to Chicago
You asked for more Amtrak trip reports, and I listened! This time, I check out Amtrak's Lincoln Service. To make things more interesting (and my trip more comfortable), I spent a few bucks and upgraded to business class. The Lincoln service takes us out over the Mississippi river and through the state of Illinois, stopping in many small and mid-sized towns along the way (a few too many, if you ask me). While this route has some sections being upgraded to 110 MPH service, the frequent stops and sections with low track speeds make for a pretty long trip. But it's a comfortable ride and free wifi is thrown in, so the time passes a lot faster than it would if you chose to drive.
In any case, I always love riding the train. This brought me back to my days of riding the Amtrak Missouri River Runner between St. Louis and Jefferson City on an almost-monthly basis. Hope you enjoy this quick little report!
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12/13/19 - Amtrak 392 With Plenty Of Horn Action
Amtrak's northbound train 392 from Carbondale, IL to Chicago, IL makes a station stop at Centralia, Illinois with a clean IDTX SC-44 Siemens Charger leading the way and a horn happy engineer, enjoy!
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Overnight on Amtrak's Capitol Limited - Washington DC to Chicago
Vlog of my trip on the Capitol Limited from Washington DC to Chicago. The train leaves DC at 4:05pm and travels overnight to Chicago where it arrived at 8:45am. This video is the vlog of my trip
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Amtrak Chicago to Saint Louis Train Trip, Pilot Vlog 85
Vlog 85. Back to Saint louis on an Amtrak train. We leave the Chicago Marriott Suites O'Hare hotel early in the morning and take an Uber to Union Station in Chicago, Il. There, we board the Amtrak Lincoln service train to Saint Louis for our train ride home.
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Riding AMTRAK's California Zephyr
This is a condensed video showing the progress of AMTRAK's California Zephyr train from Chicago to Emeryville, near San Franciso, in late December, 2015. I edited down about four hours of video I took to and hour and a half, but pretty much everything of interest is represented in the version presented here. I think people interested in taking this great trip will get a good feeling of what they will see during the journey.
I have other videos about what it is like to ride an AMTRAK Superliner train, especially what to expect in a Roomette in a sleeper car on such a train. Accordingly I have NOT included that kind of information in this video.....it is just about the California Zephyr route and scenery.
In this video, you will see the departure from Chicago's Union Station, passing across northern Illinois, then continuing the next morning near Denver, Colorado, then the scenic passage over the Rocky Mountains, then continuing the next morning near Reno, Nevada, with the crossing of the Sierra Nevada mountains and finally the flat transit to the Bay Area and the arrival in Emeryville.
Amtrak Empire Builder
The Northbound Amtrak Empire builder flys past the crossing at 7 1/2 mile road in Caledonia Wi at track speed.