Assistant Conductor Anthony Barnes helps passengers aboard Amtrak’s Pere Marquette train in St. Joseph on Jan. 28, 2006. The Pere Marquette makes daily runs serving cities between Grand Rapids and Chicago. (Photo by Russell Sekeet)
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Side by side
SIDE BY SIDE: Amtrak Wolverine train 353, right, passes along side test train TT27 in the siding while arriving to the station in Niles, Mich. to pick-up passengers bound for Chicago on Jan. 25, 2006. TT27, with Amtrak and FRA officials on board, was testing for a possible 110 mph run between Kalamazoo and Niles, Michigan. (Photo by J.R. Valderas)
January 2006 train rally
It’s a cold and icy morning on Jan. 14, 2006 as Cecile Shoulders of Save Our Trains Michigan talks to the engineer of train # 365, the westbound Blue Water, as it arrived in East Lansing. Save Our Trains Michigan coordinated a rally, on this day, to support funding for the Blue Water and Pere Marquette. Read coverage of the rally on our news page.
Holland Michigan
Passengers heading south for Chicago gather their belongings as Amtrak train 371, the Pere Marquette, arrives to the Padnos Transportation Center in Holland, Michigan on Dec. 6, 2005. The unusual train consist (two Genesis locomotives and six Superliner coaches) was due to the normal train getting trapped in Grand Rapids, Mich. by a freight train derailment on Dec. 3. (Photo by John D. Langdon)
Kalamazoo
Passengers board and disembark from Amtrak train 350, the Wolverine, after arriving to the station in Kalamazoo, Michigan on November 12, 2005. The 118-year old former Michigan Central passenger station is currently under renovation to become the Kalamazoo Transportation Center, which is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2006. Click HERE for more information about Amtrak’s services in Michigan. (Photo by J.R. Valderas)