An evil appearing P42 leads its train past light power waiting to crossover.
The inbound ILLINOIS ZEPHYR has just crested "Hollywood Hill" enroute to CUS.
AMTK 380 has two P42's on it today; 158 & 140.
Amtrak NPCU 90224 leads the Illinois Zephyr out if Galesburg as CB&Q 4-6-4 3006 sits ready to show off for the 2008 Galesburg Railroad Days.
The eastbound Illinois Zephyr pulls into Lagrange Station, right next to a map of the city it's entering.
Amtrak conductors need to be handy with a broom during the winter!
Metra and Amtrak race each other out of the station! Both trains were delayed after one of the platform snowplows fell onto the tracks and had to be removed by a backhoe!
A morning ritual - passengers line up to board Amtrak train 380 at Quincy. This is the eastbound morning Illinois Zephyr for Chicago seen here from the fireman's side window of P42DC 54. To view... (more)
An Amtrak Dash 8 escapes yard duty to pull the Illinois Zephyr for awhile. It was only leading the trainset for 2 trips, but had been trailing a P42 for a week. I still remember when PepsiCan Dash... (more)
Amtrak 3 is leading train 380 East into Chicago near the Cowley Road crossing in Riverside.
The DPU on BNSF train U-SEMBIR just clears as Amtrak's Chicago-bound Illinois Zephyr bypasses the yard.
The Illinois Zephyr had become the "Afternoon Zephyr" by the time it reached Chicago nearly 3.5 hours late due to the previous night's snowstorm.
