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1/15/2025
 
 
 
 
 
By:Mel Struckmann
Dates:10/16/2024 - 10/19/2024
Album Info:Rode Amtrak with my now-Wife from Buffalo to Minneapolis to celebrate 5 years of dating. Took some train photos on the way.
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Union Station South Concourse on a Wednesday Morning
Title:  Union Station South Concourse on a Wednesday Morning
Description:  Tracks 20, 22, and 24, featuring Amtrak locomotives 90, 4626, and 103 (with 123 tucked behind it) respectively. Metra rolling stock of numbers I didn’t write down are on distant platforms
Photo Date:  10/16/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 10:25:15 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Mel Struckmann
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 90(P42DC) AMTK 103(P42DC) IDTX 4626(SC-44)
Views:  10   Comments: 0
Tracks 22 and 24
Title:  Tracks 22 and 24
Description:  The Lead locomotive of the Lake Shore Limited, Amtrak 103, sits on track 24, while IDTX 4626 sits on Track 22
Photo Date:  10/16/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 10:19:44 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Mel Struckmann
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 103(P42DC) IDTX 4626(SC-44)
Views:  7   Comments: 0
Walking along Amtrak 123
Title:  Walking along Amtrak 123
Description:  The second locomotive on the Lake Shore Limited, as seen while walking behind several amish people
Photo Date:  10/16/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 10:12:22 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Mel Struckmann
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 123(P42DC)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
Amtrak 29 Pulling into Milwaukee
Title:  Amtrak 29 Pulling into Milwaukee
Description:  A view from inside the Borealis being pulled into Milwaukee Intermodal by Amtrak 29
Photo Date:  10/16/2024  Upload Date: 1/14/2025 11:34:20 AM
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Author:  Mel Struckmann
Categories:  Tunnel,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 29(P42DC)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
Riding the Borealis under the Ogilvie tracks
Title:  Riding the Borealis under the Ogilvie tracks
Description:  Amtrak 29 is pulling the Borealis out of Union station and underneath the bridge that carries trains into Ogilvie
Photo Date:  10/16/2024  Upload Date: 1/14/2025 11:22:40 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Mel Struckmann
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 29(P42DC)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
Amtrak 50 without a train to pull
Title:  Amtrak 50 without a train to pull
Description:  As passengers walk along tracks 17 and 19, we see that Amtrak 50 has no cars behind it!
Photo Date:  10/16/2024  Upload Date: 1/14/2025 10:56:54 AM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Mel Struckmann
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 57(P42DC) AMTK 50(P42DC)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
Amtrak 57 ready to push the Borealis
Title:  Amtrak 57 ready to push the Borealis
Description:  As passengers board the Borealis, we see Amtrak 57 in end-of-train mode, with its red lights on
Photo Date:  10/16/2024  Upload Date: 1/14/2025 10:56:50 AM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Mel Struckmann
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 57(P42DC)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
Rappahannock River in Union Station
Title:  Rappahannock River in Union Station
Description:  One of the Sleeping cars on the Lake Shore Limited I rode on, got an excellent photo of the nameplate as I walked past it while disembarking
Photo Date:  10/16/2024  Upload Date: 1/13/2025 10:02:10 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Mel Struckmann
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  11   Comments: 0
Metra 8524 in a promotional wrap
Title:  Metra 8524 in a promotional wrap
Description:  In the North Concourse of Union Station, Metra 8524 is in a wrap advertising Firefox
Photo Date:  10/16/2024  Upload Date: 1/14/2025 10:56:46 AM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Mel Struckmann
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Boarding tracks 17 and 19
Title:  Boarding tracks 17 and 19
Description:  A group of passengers boarding the Borealis, on track 19, which will be pushed by Amtrak 57. Amtrak 50 sits on track 17 next to it
Photo Date:  10/16/2024  Upload Date: 1/14/2025 10:56:58 AM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Mel Struckmann
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 50(P42DC) AMTK 57(P42DC)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
Minneapolis Green Line at US Bank Stadium
Title:  Minneapolis Green Line at US Bank Stadium
Description:  METRO Transit’s 240 pulling into US Bank Stadium Station as an eastbound Green Line
Photo Date:  10/18/2024  Upload Date: 1/14/2025 11:49:34 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mel Struckmann
Categories:  Station,Transit,Passenger
Locomotives:  MTC 240(LRV)
Views:  3   Comments: 0


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