Amtrak E9A 422 leads a passenger train at the Porter interlocking. Unfortunately, the unit is blocking the view out of the round-end observation car. Tom Golden photo.
Amtrak eastbound "Wolverine" Porter, IN
NS #8114, honoring the first incarnation of Norfolk Southern, leads an empty oil can train towards Chicago, where it will be handed off to BNSF.
The NS local from Michigan City approaches Porter Junction and NS rails.
Amtrak train 350 has just left the NS Chicago Line for Amtrak rail and begins accelerating to 110 MPH "High Speed".
Westbound 21Z approaches Porter.
A NS local trots though the interlocking at Porter.
Eastbound on the former New York Central, Chicago to Elkhart line.
The tower operator is at trackside with the train orders. The Turboliner is still on the Michigan line but will soon enter the former New York Central main as it proceeds west to Chicago.
NS 9419 leads a train of autoracks bound for Gibson Yard in Hammond west on the NS Chicago Line
Off the Norfolk Southern from Chicago, and on to high-speed Amtrak rails, the midday eastbound Wolverine, with a healthy 8-car consist, picks up speed as it heads toward Pontiac (Detroit), ... (more)
NS 9494 highballs a westbound stack train through Porter.
BO5 rolls westward down the Amtrak Line after working some local industries in Michigan City.
