On some routes, you may save money by taking an Amtrak train, but Empire Builder is not cheap. At time of writing, the cheapest trip that you can book on an Amtrak train midweek from Chicago to ...

All too soon, it was time to head back to the station and start the longest stretch of my railroad journey, a 38-hour ride from Chicago to Spokane, Washington, on Amtrak's Empire Builder.

The trip was broken into two parts: A 32-hour ride from Montana to Chicago on Amtrak's Empire Builder train, and a 20-hour ride from there to New York City on the Lake Shore Limited.

Most people who ride Amtrak’s Empire Builder route between Chicago and Seattle watch the heartland whiz by. Our writer hopped off to explore a few remarkable places you might otherwise miss.

My 57-hour journey was broken into three parts: a 32-hour train ride from Whitefish, Montana, to Chicago on Amtrak's Empire Builder train; a five-hour layover in Chicago's Union Station; and a 21 ...

The Empire Builder lost $47.5 million two years ago and is the least-profitable line in the railway, according to a 2000 Amtrak Reform Council report. That could make it part of future ...