Amtrak's Empire Builder service between Chicago and Seattle or Portland passes through some of the West's most majestic scenery and must-see towns.

The Amtrak Empire Builder train traverses dramatic landscapes across Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and Washington State. Covering the entire route in 46 hours at an ...

In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.

The Whitefish Trail system offers over 40 miles of natural surface trails just minutes from downtown. If peace and quiet had an address, it would be Swan Lake, Montana. This tiny community wraps ...

Snow bunnies hoping to hit the some of Colorado's most popular ski slopes this winter are going to have more ways to get ...

Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train is launching holiday runs starting Dec. 19, plus is expanding to four days a week ...

An individual was struck and killed by an Amtrak passenger train Thursday morning in suburban University Park. According to conductors onboard the train, the individual was riding a bike near the ...

A 19-year-old University Park resident on a bike was struck by an Amtrak train and killed Thursday morning at the railroad crossing at University Parkway and Governor’s Highway, police said in a ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- A bicyclist was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in the south suburbs on Thursday, police said. The deadly crash happened at about 7:52 a.m. at the University ...

The Winter Park Express season will start on the last two weekends of this year, Dec. 19-21 and Dec. 26-28, 2025, plus Jan. 2 ...