Amtrak Empire Builder Relaunch
Sunday, August 21, 2005
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Sunday, August 21, 2005

Amtrak relaunched the upgraded Empire Builder Service on Sunday, August 21, 2005. Celebrations were held in Portland, Oregon and in Seattle, Washington simultaneously on Sunday afternoon prior to the departure of the two segments of the eastbound Empire Builder from Portland and Seattle. On the same day, a celebration took place in Chicago just prior to the departure of the Sunday westbound Empire Builder. On Monday, additional celebrations were held in Whitefish, Montana and Minot, North Dakota.

Below you will find links to photos and reports covering the Portland-Oregon, Seattle-Washington, and Whitefish-Montana, celebrations. Further down this page links are posted for the trip reports and photos by our correspondents from rail travel on the Amtrak Coast Starlight to the Portland and Seattle events.

Click on each link below for more information about
the new upgraded Amtrak Empire Builder Service:

• Photos & Report of the Relaunch Celebrations in Seattle,WA and Whitefish,MT!
• Photos & Report of the Relaunch Celebration in Portland, Oregon!
• Beginning August 21, 2005: A New Experience Aboard Amtrak's Empire Builder
• "The Empire Builder - A New Experience" Sweepstakes
• News Release: Amtrak Builds on a Good Thing: Empire Builder to Get Fresh New Look
• Empire Builder Enhancements A Model For All Amtrak Trains (NARPrail.org)
• Pictures & Descriptions Amtrak's First Rebuilt Superliner I Sleeper (NARPrail.org)
• Empire Builder: Chicago - St. Paul - Portland/Seattle

Click on each link below for recent Amtrak Empire Builder news reports:

• 2006 Amtrak Calendar to feature Empire Builder at Bison, MT
• Empire Builder Trains Renovated (RedNova.com)
• Amtrak debuts upgrades with renovated Empire Builder (DailyInterLake.com)
• A New View of Trains; Amtrak Trying to Add Allure (RedNova.com)
• Amtrak numbers up; president promotes improvements on Empire Builder trains (LaCrosseTribune.com)
• Union Depot plan gets a boost (StarTribune.com)
• Amtrak steps up Empire Builder service (Missoulian.com)
• Work on Amtrak trains nearly done (Billings Gazette)
• Rails have history of opening West (Missoulian.com)

Click on each link below for other reports about the Amtrak Empire Builder:

• 75th Anniversary Celebration by Richard Elgenson of TrainWeb
• 75th Anniversary, Riding The Train by Mark Meyer (On-Track-On-Line.com)
• Travelogues by Steve Grande of TrainWeb
• Travelogues by Chris Guenzler of TrainWeb
• Travelogues by Dan Chazin
• Travelogues submitted by visitors to TrainWeb.com
• Travelogues submitted to On-Track-On-Line.com
• Radio Frequencies along the route (On-Track-On-Line.com)
• Route Guides, Photos and other Empire Builder information

Trip Reports & Photos to & from the Empire Builder Relaunch Celebrations:

• Amtrak Coast Starlight: Fullerton to Portland Round-Trip, Aug 19-23, 2005 by Fred Dunn
• Amtrak Coast Starlight: Santa Ana to Seattle, Aug 19-20, 2005 by Chris Guenzler
• Amtrak Empire Builder & Coast Starlight: Havre,MT to Oakland,CA, Aug 22-25, 2005
  by Chris Guenzler

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