North by northwest: The Empire Builder holds its own

By Ted Leach, Concord Monitor; October 13, 2019

At 2:15 p.m., right on schedule, the Empire Builder passenger train began its rollout from Chicago’s Union Station on a 2,205-mile, 45-hour trip to Seattle, Washington.

Approximately 3½ hours later, another train – also called the Empire Builder – departed Seattle’s King Street station heading toward the Windy City. Two trains with the same name on the same route going opposite directions.

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