Roaring through NS (ex-NYC) territory, bound for Detroit and environs.

A freshly outshopped stimulus-rebuild P40 leads the Hoosier State past a set of Monon semaphores in downtown Crawfordsville, Indiana. The semaphores are slated to come down by the end of summer.

The Cardinal makes its way west into Lafayette early on a beautiful saturday morning. There they will make a quick stop at the passenger station. Then continue their trip west towards Chicago.

Amtraks Kentucky Cardinal has arrived in Jeffersonville after making its run down the LIRC with its P32BWH 500 in command.

The Lake Shore Limited races west on #1 Track as it is running 9 1/2 hours behind schedule.

The outbound Wolverine arriving at the Hammond-Whiting Amtrak Station.

A Northbound P051 Amtrak passes by the MP 141.1 signal on the CSX Monon Sub bound for Lafayette and then onto Chicago.

This shot is in memory of John Ryan, who was not able to out run me up the bridge to get this shot even though he suggested we stop here in the first place.

Kentucky Derby betters have arrived on Amtrak's Ky. Cardinal. Amtrak P32BWH 509 leads its train into Jeffersonville for a day of fun at the other kind of track.

Amtrak's northbound Cardinal splits the semaphores at the north end of Linden siding just minutes after dawn. Later, the sky would clear for a gorgeous day of shooting on the Monon.

A very late 353 pauses while the engineer talks to NS Chicago West. 353 is due in at Chicago Union Station at 16:41 and it is already 16:50. There are going to be a lot of grumpy passengers gettin... (more)

Amtrak's Train No. 317 - The Hooiser State - stops to board passengers in the middle of 5th Street at Lafayette.

The Floridian makes a station stop at Lafayette on the old Monon.

The northbound Cardinal is running about a hour late as it races by the north end of Romney. The Cardinal is due at Crawfordvilles at 7:28am, which was the last stop before this photo. This train ... (more)

A setting sun illuminates the snow-blasted front of 90200 as it heads west to Chicago. The snow is a result of traveling through Michigan, where lake effect snow had been falling all day. Smoke f... (more)