A clean cabbage leads 353 westbound towards the NS Chicago Line.

NS C40-8W 8344 sits at Porter Junction with a westbound coiled steel train.

A very late 353 pauses while the engineer talks to NS Chicago West. 353 is due in at Chicago Union Station at 16:41 and it is already 16:50. There are going to be a lot of grumpy passengers gettin... (more)

An eastbound merchandise train tries to outrun a midwest thunderstorm near Chesterton, Indiana, on a crisp spring day.

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.

First time seeing one in person, and boy are they BIG!

RG 306 works at griding down the track on Main 1.

Amtrak 353 heads through Porter with two P-42s pushing at the rear of the train.

The neo-classic SD60 leads a westbound onto the Porter branch.

Elkhart-Streator manifest heads past the old double-headed NYC-style home signal at Porter westward on the Porter Branch. 7815 came from C&S, delivered 6/77 source: www.thedieselshop.us

A snow and ice ridden 90200 leads 353 westbound through Porter.

Conrail's Elkhart-Streator manifest makes the turn onto the Porter branch enroute to Streator, IL., and handoff to the Santa Fe. The CSX Grand Rapids line is seen in the distance, semaphores at t... (more)

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.