The Hiawatha trains were running back and forth between Milwaukee and Chicago with the Veterans NPCU Unit. The 1st southbound of the morning is #330, who is approaching Deerfield on the Metra C&M ... (more)

Amtrak's Hiawatha service train is slowing up for Rondout on the CPKC C&M Sub. A NPCUs (Non-Powered Control Unit) leads the train. Amtrak converted 22 of their F40s into NPCU. There is plans to co... (more)

An Amtrak Midwest train is southbound at Rondout with a non-powered control cab painted for veterans. I stopped while on my way to the annual Center for Rail Photography and Art annual conference... (more)

Amtrak NPCU #90221, wearing a stylized Veterans tribute scheme, glides into the Glenview, IL Amtrak station with southbound Hiawatha train 342.

Finished with its station stop at Sturtevant, Hiawatha train 337 heads for Milwaukee with the Veteran's NPCU bringing up the rear.

The Veteran's NPCU brings up the rear of Hiawatha #337 as it highballs through Wadsworth, bound for Milwaukee.

Pole lines were pretty much everywhere along the ROW at one time but are becoming increasingly scarce. The ex-MILW (now CPKC) C&M Sub between Chicago and Milwaukee is one exception. Here Amtrak #3... (more)

Train #332, on the Hiawatha Service, blast thru Wadsworth on the CP C&M Sub. Between 6:15 am. and 9:34 p.m., Amtrak runs 7 pairs of Hiawatha trains between Chicago and Milwaukee throughout the da... (more)

Amtrak 90221, one of Amtrak's cab car "cabbage" locomotives (this painted to honor veterans), leads inbound Hiawatha train 342 out of Glenview, IL headed toward Chicago.

Amtrak's Veterans Unit #90221 leads Hiawatha Train 336 out of Milwaukee after having trouble with PTC.

The event of AMTK 90221 (F40NPCU, Salutes Out Veterans, formerly AMTK 221, F40PH) passing through Reno, Nevada brought out everyone and their mother. Apparently.

With the Veterans NPCU pointing the way, Amtrak Hiawatha train #334 breezes by the tower at A-5, continuing the last leg of its journey from Milwaukee to Chicago. Tower A-5 was closed in November ... (more)

The Chicago-based Veterans NPCU is among a variety of other power on this evening.

The Veterans NPCU leads a Hiawatha east under the searchlights at Rondout.

Heartland Flyer departing the depot to Fort Worth.