Chicago-bound through the afternoon's snow storm on the NS mainline.
Outbound Illinois Zephyr loads passengers at Naperville
Amtrak P42 31, wearing the now extinct Phase III color scheme and showing a little bit of wear and tear, pauses in Naperville on a beautiful summer afternoon.
Amtrak 31, one of Amtrak's 3 remaining Phase III's, pulls Train #305 into Joliet!
Amtrak 31, one of Amtrak's 4 remaining Phase III's pulls Train #305 into Joliet on-time.
Amtrak 31 looking down at the empty street below.
One of 4 P42's left in Phase III paint leads todays Amtrak #304 past Joliet 'UD' Tower.
The engineer of the Illinois Zephyr gave us a lot of waves and horn as he pulled out from his stop at Naperville. A getting ever-rarer Phase 3 (with a big dent in the front) pulls it today.
31 back when she wore a real paint scheme. Hogger Lou Strozza's use of simple modulation was all it took to make that annoying K5 sound good.
Amtrak 31 sits at the north end of track 12 after comming back from Michigan. Note: This is with a 30 second shutter speed.
Amtrak 347 passes La Vergne depot. Now headed toward LaGrange for it's next stop.
Not a day to be out photogaphing as the snow started to fall. Amtrak No. 31 passes Frank Lane near Komoka with the 06.35 Toronto-Chicage 'International'.
The Illinios Zephyr departs Union Station