I took these photos when I took a short train trip from Chicago to Detroit
in January 2003. I saw a couple of great train stations along the way.
Michigan has many such stations-- check out Louis Van Winkle's Michigan Passenger Stations
page (http://user.mc.net/~louisvw/depot)
for images and details of many of the great old stations in Michigan.
Click on the images to bring up larger views. If you have any comments, contact me
at thpfft@yahoo.com.
January
2003
This is the station in
Niles, Michigan, seen early in the trip.
January
2003
Niles is a very old
station.
January
2003
Going over 90 again...
January
2003
Here's the Kalamazoo
station, which is even older than the Niles station.
January
2003
We passed P-42 engine 36 between
Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. This was probably Michigan Services train 351, heading
westbound for Chicago.
January
2003
This is the end of that
same train, P-42 engine 28.
January
2003
Here we pass the old
Battle Creek GT depot, no longer being used for passenger trains. Battle Creek has a
newer Amtrak station.
January
2003
Arrival in Detroit - P-42
engine 34 brought us in early.
January
2003
One of the Superliner coach cars
used for this trip
January
2003
This is the Detroit Amtrak
station.
January
2003
This photo was taken at the
Battle Creek station the next day. P-42 36 was the head engine for the trip home.
January
2003
Here's a shot of our rear engine,
P-42 26 after getting off the train in Hammond-Whiting.
