Amtrak 28 leads a 6 car Pere Marquette across the farm landscape of Southwestern Michigan on a nice sunny May morning.

Warm sun on the distant trees contrasts with the frosty scene still lurking in the shadows below. An overnight temperature of zero combined with the humid air of the unfrozen river created inch-t... (more)

An amber sunrise greets Amtrak's Pere Marquette as it rolls through New Richmond on this crisp fall morning.

Holland's Tulip Festival is in full swing this week, and the tulips are bursting to life with color after some recent wet weather. This morning the flowers are greeted with sunshine and warm weath... (more)

Amtrak's Pere Marquette glides around the elevated curve at the north end of Grand Junction, kicking up a storm of powdered snow in its wake.

Amtrak's Pere Marquette crosses over the classic swing bridge in St. Joseph en route to Chicago.

Amtrak P371 tears through the quiet village of New Richmond situated in the Kalamazoo River Valley. This train would ultimately suffer delays from signal problems due to code line bandits, and wou... (more)

Future railfans? This father has the video camera rolling as 371 as departs the station en route to Chicago. Perhaps their mother is aboard going for a daytrip of shopping?

Cabbage #90368 brings up the rear of Amtrak's Grand Rapids-Chicago "Pere Marquette" after stopping at the Holland depot. The Annual Tulip Festival is in "full bloom", so to speak. Happy National T... (more)

It's a cool and frosty spring morning as Amtrak's Pere Marquette crosses the Kalamazoo River en route to Chicago.

Amtrak's Pere Marquette heads through the tiny village of New Richmond on a clear and crisp winter morning.

A heavy snow squall kicked up just minutes before Amtrak's Pere Marquette came into view, as the heavy snow was being spawned by frigid Canadian air blowing over Lake Michigan. But later in the mo... (more)

With the season's first snowfall, the feeling is cold and bleak as the Pere Marquette passes Lake Michigan's shoreline. To contrast this shot, take a look at my summer view from that same perspec... (more)

508 and the four trailing Superliners create a squall with the season's first snowfall as they head toward their next stop in St. Joseph, MI.

The corn is growing, but not yet "knee high" in this rural West Michigan scene. Amtrak's Pere Marquette was running an hour earlier due to track maintenance, and here the 7:30 am sunlight glisten... (more)