Amtrak's Empire Builder

Amtrak's Empire Builder is among 15 long-distance train routes threatened by $2.4 billion in cuts to transportation infrastructure under the Trump administration's latest budget proposals.

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Wed., May 3, 2017

Coming from Portland, Amtrak’s Empire Builder arrives at the Pasco Intermodal Train Station, Thurs., April 27, 2017. The Empire Builder is among 15 long-distance train routes threatened by $2.4 billion in cuts to transportation infrastructure under the Trump administration’s latest budget proposals.

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At the Pasco Intermodal Train Station, Darcy Carrick, traveling from Portland, greets her mom, Rita Porter, on the train platform April 27.

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In the coach car of the Empire Builder, Laine Triscuit watches a video on her phone as the passenger train leaves Pasco, Wash. and heads north to Spokane and beyond.

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In the coach car of the Empire Builder, Amber Rivera-Setien and her daughter Egyptian, 8, settle in for three more days of train travel to the Chicago area.

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Rocked by the motion of Amtrak’s Empire Builder train, Joey Bowman, 2, sleeps next to his sister Jayd Boulter, 15, in the coach car.

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Dan Ralls kisses his fiancé Tanya Turner as they sit in the observation car of the Empire Builder. The pair, from Kennewick, Wash., were traveling to Whitefish Montana.

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For the past year, Richard Rolark, 67, who like to call himself Mr. Amtrak has been been taking monthly trips around the United States by Amtrak train. Everybody should ride the train, said Rolark.

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Amtrak’s Empire Builder Lead Service Attendant Catherine Roeser, mans the snack bar in the lower level of the observation car. She has worked over 18-years for AmtrakÑten of which on the Empire Builder.

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Richard Rolark, who call himself “Mr. Amtrak,” shows off his many photographs he has taken Amtrak train observation windows over the past year. Each month the Chicago native likes to take a long train trip to a different part of the country.

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Arriving from Portland, Empire Builder passengers disembark from the train just after midnight, Friday, April 28, 2017 in Spokane. The train then connects with the Seattle leg and continues on to Chicago.

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