21. The Empire Builder runs daily in both directions between Chicago and Seattle and Portland, Ore. 22. Some saw him as " a ruthless and manipulative empire builder who brooked no opposition ". 23. Amtrak reduced the " Empire Builder " to quad-weekly service as well. 24. These games are collectively known as " the " Empire Builder " series ". 25. The gameplay in " Empire Builder " begins on a map of North America. 26. The Nandas are sometimes described as the first empire builders in the recorded history of India. 27. No longer the great empire builders , the English are left to define themselves in new ways. 28. SCHUETT-COLUMN _ WESTBOUND ABOARD THE EMPIRE BUILDER _ Dean and Jean are from upstate NewYork. 29. He sat across from me in the diner on the westbound Empire Builder , somewhere in Montana. 30. Our train was the silver Amtrak Empire Builder , headed west, my first trip by railroad.