AMTK 519 pushes Hiawatha train #338 by Tower A5 as it rolls out its final miles to Chicago Union Station.

Tower A5. While no longer manned, Tower A5 is still used for maintenance of way by Metra. On this particular day, the venerable tower witnesses the passage of Amtrak Hiawatha train #338, he... (more)

A Hiawatha train to Chicago makes it station stop at Sturtevant in the 10 inches of fresh snow received over the weekend.

Amtrak 4602 and Amtrak 90221 notch out of downtown Milwaukee.

Outrunning the storm - a Hiawatha Service train departs Sturtevant for Chicago as threatening skies approach. About 5 minutes later, severe thunderstorms struck.

Amtrak's Hiawatha Train 338 completes the final miles of its journey from Milwaukee to Chicago as it rolls under the PRR signal bridge at CP Morgan in Chicago, Illinois and heads into Chicago Unio... (more)

Amtrak 500 leads Hiawatha 338 East out of Morton Grove.

Former F40 Cab-Baggage cars have returned to the Hiawatha Service. An afternoon run heads south through the Kenosha County Village of Somers.

The CP roadmaster waits for Amtrak 338 to pass before erecting cautionary track boards Hiawatha corridor service trains are down to 4 per day.

Amtrak NPCU 90200 leads Hiawatha 338 east out of brewtown, passing under the old Milwaukee Road cantilever at KK Bridge,

Amtrak NPCU 90219 departs out of Milwaukee with a eastbound Hiawatha, passing under the old cantilever at KK Bridge.

Amtrak 42 shoves hard on the tail end of it's southbound scoot as the train waddles over the Menomonee River Bridge.

Amtrak F40PH #338, built September 1980, later became one of four Amtrak F40PH units that went to Metrolink in 2003. #338 was off the Metrolink roster by the end of 2006

Just seconds into Illinois, and another of the many trips between Milwaukee and Chicago.

What photos from this area don't convey is the fact that there's a chocolate factory around the corner that permeates the whole neighborhood with the scent of molten chocolate.