HIAWATHA service rolls inbound to Chicago.
An NPCU sits lashed to a set of coaches, while a P32 can be seen idling in the background. Note the private varnish sitting in the upper left.
Did they forget to finish the white stripe?
A Detroit-bound train gets on the Amtrak Michigan District at Porter. NS is replacing the NYC-era signals at CP 482.
AMTK 353 splits the old NYC signal. In a matter of days, the new Safetron signal on the right will be guarding the Amtrak line and the NYC signal will be a thing of the past.
An Amtrak control unit in Phase II paint, in 2008. How did this get two phases behind? This train is making an evening departure toward Detroit/Pontiac.
Amtrak 352 had just gotten onto the GTW Holly Subdivision and is now passing the American Axle Plant in Hamtramck, site of a recent lengthy strike by the UAW against the auto part supplier.
"Cabage" unit #90222 is on the point of a late-afternoon Chicago-bound Amtrak express, highballing though Pine Junction on the Norfolk Southern mainline.
On the first day of fall, the Wolverine is running 50 min late. By the time it gets to Hammond it will be about 69 min late.
Amtrak NPCU 90222, still in Phase III paint, trails the eastbound Carl Sandburg at Galesburg.
Amtrak NPCU 90222, still in its Phase III paint, brings up the rear on the inbound Carl Sandberg, as it departs Galesburg.
Just off the line taking it through "lake effect snow" country, the tail end of the Wolverine has clearly been kicking up some snow recently. Today it's running about an hour late.
A unique over head view of an AMTK Non-Power Control Unit shows the covered cooling fans and lack of exhaust opening.
Amtrak NPCU #90222, and P42s 35, 37, and 170 sit in Chicago as the spectacular Chicago skyline looks over them.
