Normally arriving at Sandpoint, Idaho, at 2:20 a.m., Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder scurries through Algoma approaching Sandpoint a bit off the advertised at 10:10 a.m. on February 2, 2023. Amtrak ALC-42 Charger Nos. 308 and 300, along with GE P42DC No. 127, power the eastbound train along the frozen and snow-covered shore of Lake Pend Oreille.
This train, which runs between Chicago and Seattle and Portland, takes its name from James J. Hill, who founded the Great Northern Railroad and extended it from Minnesota to the Pacific Coast.
