KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Amtrak officials say the company is changing the schedules of its Empire Builder passenger train because of congestion from increasing oil freight along the line.

Amtrak Empire Builder trains will operate on a modified schedule, starting April 15, with most of the change affecting passengers between St. Paul, Minn., and Portland, Ore., or Seattle. Eastbound ...

ABOARD THE EMPIRE BUILDER (Reuters) - Its passengers are mostly silver-haired retirees, oil-field workers and a few young families gazing out the windows of Amtrak's least-profitable and third ...

The westbound train, starting in Chicago, was halted in St. Paul, Minnesota before it could go any farther west. There is no word on when the Empire Builder will be running again.