Amtrak Chicago Yard Photographs

Photographs from a tour of the Amtrak Chicago Yard and Car Shops.

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• 01-01: Roadrailer unit for moving high-speed freight on Amtrak trains.
• 02-02: My Desert Wind car while it was still in the Amtrak yard.
• 03-03: My room in the Superliner while the car was still in the yard.
• 04-04: Vacuum cleaner canister while preparing the train in the yard.
• 05-05: Coffee maker in the Dining Car kitchen.
• 06-06: Oops! Camera slipped. A photo of something in the Dining Car kitchen.

• 07-07: Coffee maker in the Dining Car kitchen.
• 08-08: Refrigerators on left, sinks on right in Dining Car kitchen.
• 09-09: Grills and cutting surfaces in Dining Car kitchen.
• 10-10: Dumbwaiter in kitchen to send food upstairs to Dining area.
• 11-11: Heavy-duty dishwasher.
• 12-13: Sinks.
• 14-14: Grills and cutting surfaces in Dining Car kitchen.

• 15-17: Work platform where trains are serviced before loading passengers.
• 18-18: Another train on a work platform being prepared before loading passengers.
• 19-19: Photo of me wearing an Amtrak white hard hat and gloves in front of a Superliner.
• 20-20: Superliners in the Amtrak Chicago Car Shop.
• 21-21: Service ditch in the Amtrak Chicago Car Shop.
• 22-22: Sewer pipes to pump waste out from Amtrak passenger cars.

• 23-23: Service ditch in the Amtrak Chicago Car Shop.
• 24-24: Sewer pipes to pump waste out from Amtrak passenger cars.