Amtrak's westbound Borealis is right on time, as they cross South Church street in Watertown on this beautiful spring afternoon, while sprinting for the Twin Cities.
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Amtrak's westbound Borealis is right on time, as they cross South Church street in Watertown on this beautiful spring afternoon, while sprinting for the Twin Cities.
Running a few hours late, Amtrak's eastbound Borealis crosses Welsh road at Watertown, with a truly classic B32-8 leading in the golden light.
Running just a few minuted behind schedule, Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder charges out of Watertown under a fine evening sky.
The spring rain is lightly falling outside of Richwood, as Amtrak's westbound Borealis hustles towards the Twin Cities.
BNSF ES44AC #6333 leads a westbound train of tank cars thru LaGrange.
BNSF ES44ACs #6333 and #5764 lead a westbound train at LaGrange.
A southbound Amtrak Hiawatha cruises through the Edgebrook area of Chicago. Amtrak P42DC #71 leads the train. Later that afternoon, it would be on the rear of a northbound train.
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One of the most successful trains ever in Amtrak history, the northbound Borealis hurries thru the Edgebrook Metra Station. P32-8BWH #518 is in the lead. These older GE locomotives are operating on this route somewhat frequently.
In a few days hence, the Horizon Fleet cars seen in this train would be withdrawn from service because of corrosion.
..Stick around for 5 minutes, it'll change. Amtrak P32-8BWH is seen switching some Siemens Venture cars in the Chicago Passenger Yard on a snowy March morning.
The week of March 16-March 23, 2025 ran the full gamut of 70-degrees Fahrenheit to this snowy morning. The afternoon if March 21, 2023 would become, sunny, in the 50s Fahrenheit, and a relatively nice day. The snow would be gone.
Norfolk Southern AC44C6M #4724 is heading an eastbound train at Burns Harbor. Locomotives in this series were rebuilt by GE/NS, GE/GE & GE/Wabtec from NS C40-9Ws and C44-9Ws.
BNSF ES44AC #6183 leads a coal train at Burns Harbor.
Norfolk Southern AC44C6M #4193 leads a westbound intermodal trail at Burns Harbor. This locomotive was rebuilt by Wabtec/GE/Erie from NS C40-9W #8994.
This train was heading west as I was pulling into the South Shore Line parking lot for the adjacent Ogden Dunes Station. normally park where the vehicle in the distance is.
Amtrak P42DC # 201 is seen at the Chicago Locomotive Facility. It was built by GE in 2001. ]
The GE P40DCs and P42DCs replaced the F40PHs and in turn are ostensibly being replaced by new Siemens ALC-42s.
Don't count the GEs out yet. Amtrak has had troubles with the new Siemens units and still has to rely on the older locomotives.
Notice the diesel fuel storage tank and the 18th Street Bridge Tower.
A pair of Amtrak P42DCs head up the westbound Lake Shore Limited at Burns Harbor/Ogden Dunes.
Despite deliveries of new ALC-42s and SC-44s, Amtrak has had to keep these older GEs rolling because of reliability issues with the newer locomotives.
Amtrak ALC-42 #327 and P42DC #154 (in a tribute to the 'Phase IV' scheme) are seen at the Chicago Passenger Yard. They will later lead the Seattle/Portland-bound Empire Builder.
In the background is the now-shuttered ICON theater. It closed in 2024 after only twenty years or so when the theater chain, Keresotas, abruptly shut down. Reportedly, AMC will take over the cinema.
CSXT CM44AC #7291 leads a westbound train thru Hinsdale. This locomotive was built in 1998 as AC44CW #304. It was rebuilt as a CN44AC circa 2024.
An eastbound BNSF stack train, headed up by ES44C4* #7954, passes through Hinsdale.
* The roster I have shows this as an ES44C4-T4CU.
A sunny and snowless February afternoon at Reeseville, finds Amtrak's westbound Borealis banking the curve as it races towards the Twin Cities with a train of happy travelers.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City's stack train, 149, hustles westbound at Watertown with a recent repaint into the new company image on point, on yet another snow-less Wisconsin afternoon.
With a Norfolk Southern C40-9 'Top Hat' leading the charge, Canadian Pacific's Bensenville bound freight is a little late today as they muscle out of Watertown in some golden autumn light.