| Amtrak train 371, the westbound "Pere Marquette," is not scheduled to stop at the carrier's Hammond-Whiting station, but as it was approaching the end of its trip to Chicago IL from Grand Rapids MI, the train stopped not to pick up or discharge passengers, but to hold for meets with two eastbound freight trains, making it forty-minutes late. IDTX SC-44 Charger 4608 is pulling three Superliner coaches (a 200-mile trip with no food service?!?) as the sun pokes through the edge of an overnight storm at a fortuitous time. (Hammond, Indiana - September 23, 2021) |