At the end of the month, I returned with kids in tow starting from New York. First I went eastbound solo from Portland to Chicago on the 4th of July. This summer, I rode the Empire Builder route in both directions. Attendants and porters clean and restock, then they’re back going the other direction by 4:45pm. They arrive at the end of the lines just before noon. ![]() Then the train splits in half in Spokane, with one train headed to Seattle and the other Portland. Leaving every day from Chicago at 3:05pm, the train takes 40 hours to go through Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and Idaho. It is a push-pull that too few Americans experience.Īmtrak’s Empire Builder train route is a two night, 2,200 mile trek across the norther tier of the country. You are lazily rocking detached from cell signal, exactingly scheduled where minutes missed can turn to hours of delay, and still barreling safely through the most beautiful landscapes the continent has to offer. To ride a train across America is the most sublime tension you will ever encounter. ![]() (Ray Dubicki) Cross-country train rides with and without kids, dining cars with and without meat, and making travel part of the vacation. Empire Builder station stop in Minot, ND.
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