Shortly before dawn, Amtrak's "Pere Marquette" takes a spin on the wye before departing for Chicago.
The morning sun sets the Kalamazoo River on fire as Amtrak's Pere Marquette heads to Chicago on a crisp fall morning.
Amtrak's Pere Marquette speeds through the morning fog in rural west Michigan on its way to Chicago.
At a rate of around 50 mph, Amtrak 23 blasts through a freshly plowed crossing in snowy west Michigan.