{"id":31125,"date":"2021-05-02T11:32:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T15:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31125"},"modified":"2021-05-02T11:32:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T15:32:13","slug":"amtraks-empire-builder-on-the-milwaukee-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtraks-empire-builder-on-the-milwaukee-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak&#8217;s Empire Builder on the Milwaukee Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Historically, the Seattle-Chicago <em>Empire Builder<\/em> traveled on Burlington&#8217;s rails east of St. Paul, Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amtrak&#8217;s modern incarnation of the <em>Empire Builder<\/em>  uses CP Rail&#8217;s former Milwaukee Road east of St Paul, following a route across central Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the <em>Empire Builder<\/em> is among the oldest names still used by an Amtrak train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made this photo near Reeseville, Wisconsin on a photographic adventure with John Gruber back on August 22, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"711\" data-attachment-id=\"31126\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtraks-empire-builder-on-the-milwaukee-road\/amtrak-empire-builder-eastbound-img_0071\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Amtrak-Empire-Builder-eastbound-IMG_0071.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Exposed using my Canon EOS 7D with 200mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#0032a3\"><strong>Tracking the Light is a daily rail-photo blog by Brian Solomon<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made this photo near Reeseville, Wisconsin on a photographic adventure with John Gruber back on August 22, 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