A Ride on the Amtrak Southwest Chief from Mendota, IL to Fort Madison, IA 04/25/25

Описание: I decided to take a small weekend trip to Fort Madison, IA mainly for some railfanning action but also some river action as well. Much like last year, I stayed at the Kingsley Inn (the Fort Madison virtual railfan camera is located there) which is just a short walk from both the BNSF Chillicothe sub and the BNSF Hannibal sub (K-Line). I picked the train up in Mendota, IL and would take it about 2 hours and 15 minutes to Fort Madison. The trip was closer to 3 hours as we had to stop close to the bridge due to a barge and a Eastbound BNSF stack train had to cross over. Overall a smooth ride and the seats were comfortable. Enjoy and don't forget to comment and subscribe!!!!
0:00 Westbound Amtrak Southwest Chief arriving in Mendota, IL
AMTK 157 (P42DC)
AMTK 198 (P42DC)
0:54 Departure from Mendota including the CBQ Steam engine
2:35 Arriving into Princeton, IL
5:52 Departure from Princeton, IL including bridge over Big Bureau Creek overlooking I-80 and high bridge near Wyanet, IL.
12:02 West of Galva, IL
12:40 Arriving into Galesburg including passing over the BNSF Chillicothe sub and CBQ Steam engine
17:53 Departing Galesburg, IL passing by Knox College
21:03 Taking the Cameron connection to the BNSF Chillicothe sub and passing over the BNSF Ottumwa sub
25:13 Media trestle over Ellison Creek Media, IL
26:25 Mississippi River around Dallas City, IL
28:25 After waiting for the Fort Madison bridge to close and a Eastbound BNSF stack train to cross over, we were finally able to cross the river and into Fort Madison
33:14 Santa Fe caboose right after getting off the train
33:47 A view of the train while awaiting departure
35:22 The Southwest Chief departs after a issue with the PTC caused a 20 minute delay