In a cold winter scene, a late inbound Wolverine departs the Hammond-Whiting Amtrak station just after sunset on it's way to Chicago Union Station.

Train 353 is only a couple minutes into its trip to Chicago as the 90222 leads past Woodward Avenue in Pontiac.

Amtrak 353 is running with an old Phase III NPCU today. Because of the Holidays, the train consist is much longer than usual.

Amtrak 353 is departing from the station stop at Royal Oak after picking up Chicago bound passengers.

This is actually a "going away" shot of 353 as it heads West towards Jackson, Kalamazoo & Chicago after making their station stop in Ann Arbor.

Amtrak 90219 trails behind on Train 353 as it passes through Milwaukee Junction as a typical Detroit warehouse towers above it.

This "Cascades" NPCU sure is out of place in Michigan, but it's been back & forth a number of times on Michigan service trains lately. Here it is on the tail end of a Westbound 353 at Barton Dam ... (more)

Heading West after their station stop at Ann Arbor, Amtrak 353 is on time and has a Genesis on both ends today. Note the prominent "political" graffitti on the bridge...

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

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)

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.

Amtrak 353 is arriving into the Ann Arbor Amtrak station.

Amtrak's "Wolverine" runs at track speed on the former Michigan Central.

Dashing through the snow in the Huron River valley.

P32 514 pushes off from the Ann Arbor Amtrak station with the morning "Lake Cities" to Chicago. On the point is an Amtrak NPCU.