Passenger Trains > Two Firsts on One Train

Amtrak train 371, aka the Pere Marquette, arrived in Chicago on 9/16/18 with two firsts:
IDTX 4601, the first SC-44 Charger in the IDOT order for the Midwest services
AMTK 90200 - Amtrak's first F40PH #200 whichwas converted to a Non-Powered Cab Unit
Seen here as the Pere Marquette backs under 18th Street in Chicago after its morning run from Grand Rapids.

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Are those wi-fi antennas on the roof of the Superliner snack coach?  And the rear truck of the cabbage has an extra metal thing hanging down?

 Excellent photos! I remember this area when it had a gritty industrial feel to it...

Did the Pere-Marquette get a cafe car?

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

ghemr Wrote:
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>  Excellent photos! I remember this area when it
> had a gritty industrial feel to it...

Right?!? Now, you might get run over by a hipster jogging by while pushing a baby stroller on their way to Whole Foods!! Lol



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/18/18 08:21 by IC_2024.

IC_2024 Wrote:
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> Right?!? Now, you might get run over by a hipster
> jogging by while pushing a baby stroller on their
> way to Whole Foods!! Lol

I'm not worried about strollers, it the bikes that you gotta' watch out for. Especially the wrong-way riders in the directional bike lanes.
And there's still some grit around. I see folks from the Pacific Gardens Mission on Canal on occasion as well as the occasional train hopper.

GP25 Wrote:
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> Did the Pere-Marquette get a cafe car?

It usually has a snack bar in the lower level of the car that also has business class seating. I do not recall seeing any cafe-type seating from my August trip to St. Joe.

That’s 35004, one of the dreaded “Panic Box” cafe/coach conversions.
SR.

(Dreaded by LSA’s. Passengers generally rate them “unfortunate”)