The end of an era; the final passenger train to stop at Sturtevant's 1902-vintage station.
On the evening of August 13, 2006, Amtrak train 341, led by locomotive 131, sits at the green westbound signal (compass north) in Sturtevant. In less than one minute, its departure will signal the... (more)
Amtrak Hiawatha service Milwaukee to Chicago rolls south towards Chicago after picking up passengers at Sturtevant
Amtrack Hiawatha service Chicago to Milwaukee stops for passengers at Sturtevant
Westbound CP freight is greated by the sunrise
The 261 dinner train has just backed onto the wye, and is waiting to pull forward.
Making sure that 261's drivers don't climb the rails this crewmember watches intently as the engine backs around the wye at Sturtevant. The flangeways have been pregreased, the move comes off wit... (more)
Picking up speed returning to Milwaukee passing a slight reflection in the retention pond.
Soo 105, one of the few relettered for CP Rail [on the coupola] works down the block from the station...
Amtrak cabbage car 90219 leads a southbound Hiawatha by the station - it is to be replaced in a few months by a new one north of this site...
Amtrak Hiawatha service approaches the station - the building will soon be replaced by a new station just to the north...
Blustery snow!
Crossing over to run around 288's train...
Heading "eastbound" thru the Amtrak depot in Sturtevant.
CP's Holiday Train stops in Sturtevant