Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is just 37½-miles into its 2,265-mile journey from Chicago IL to Los Angeles CA, and it is already 23 minutes late – an inauspicious start!... (more)
The northbound Saluki heads toward Chicago with a consist of Superliners. The same trainset came south on Monday with the newly reinstated train #393, The Illini.
Amtrak’s Texas Eagle #21 heads south over the Kankakee River on the UP Joliet Subdivision with 2 P42DC’s, #’s 59 and 61. The Wilmington Goose Association poses for the photo while the train ... (more)
Its a beautiful morning to take flight and see the northbound Amtrak City of New Orleans doing every bit of 79 MPH through Chebanse on its way to Chicago Union Station.
AMTK 161, now in Phase I colors, makes its inaugural run north past Morton Grove, IL on the rear of Empire Builder #7. The locomotive is headed to St. Paul, MN to be put on display for Union Depot... (more)