Amtrak’s westbound Cardinal is ferrying equipment from the Beech Grove shops to Chicago today and as a result No. 51 appears to be two trains in one.
The front half of the train is P42DC No. 77 along with two Superliner cars and two Viewliner baggage cars.
Behind that is the normal consist of No. 51 of P42DC No. 205, two Amfleet II coaches, an Amfleet food service car, Viewliner sleeper and Viewlier baggage-dorm car.
The two trains were combined at Indianapolis Union Station.
The image was made on Aug. 6, 2020, at Cherry Grove, Indiana, on the CSX Monon Subdivision.
The stop sign is for a spur into a grain elevator out of view to the left.
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