Huge Amtrak Hiawatha Compilation!

The Amtrak Hiawatha is a train that runs between Chicago, IL and Milwaukee, WI seven round trips daily, excluding Sunday which is 6 round trips. It gets its name from the Milwaukee Roads famous Hiawatha passenger trains that ran all around Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and more. Today the only other Amtrak trains that go into Wisconsin are the Empire Builder Trains, which get their name from the Great Northern Railway. Hiawathas today stop also in Glenview, IL, Sturtevant, WI, and Milwaukee Airport.
Amtrak P42, P40, and Dash8-32BWH (referred to by some as P32, which can get mixed up with P32AC-DM locomotives numbered as 7**, which can be confusing) are seen powering this train. The Hiawatha also has a NPCU (Non Powered Control Unit) at the other end, which is used when the train is pushed inbound towards Chicago, like Metra commuter trains. The NPCUs were originally Amtrak F40PHs, which at one time were the main fleet of locomotives that Amtrak used. NPCUs have no traction motors, and no engine, the inside is designed to be used for baggage. They are cab and baggage cars, so some tend to refer to them as Cabbage Cars (like the plant). The original F40PH number is the last 3 digits. For example 90200 was Amtrak 200, "90" was added making it now a NPCU. 90200 is the first Amtrak F40PH, it is a class unit.
In this compilation these are the locomotives that are seen. Numbers are not in order.
Amtrak P42s: #16, #25, #38, #55, #66 Phase 2 Heritage unit, #93, #98, #126, #136, #138, & #155.
Amtrak P40s: #815, #816, #837
Amtrak NPCUs: #90200, #90221, #90413, #90368 with original Phase 3 paint, and #406 Phase 3 Heritage unit.
Dash8-32BWH: #517
Note: I have seen many more different Amtrak locomotives on the Hiawatha before. Some to note: Amtrak #1 the first P42, #207 the last P42, other heritage units and more #s & different locomotives in a big list have appeared on the Hiawatha before.

[@brendenkennedy4304]

I have not been on the Hiawatha before. Great video as always.

[@Storm10xx]

Love the Phase 3 F40ph!! That wasent the 40th annaversary unit was it? Was that actualy an original!! :D great video btw!

[@Railroadfan5383]

Thanks! Your right on, 90368 is still in its original paint, a NPCU (non powered control unit). Simply, the traction motors and engine and internal parts were all removed and all its used for it cab control of the locomotive at the other end. 406 was also seen in my vid here too, thats the same thing, a NPCU but its just redone with new paint and its a 40th anniversary unit.

[@Perich29]

that's before siemen charger locomotive

[@michaelglass4701]

Loooooooove your video.

[@Mark-Milw42]

You must live close to Caldwell / Lehigh & Devon to have shot all those "Hiawathas'". Images and sound well done. Reminds me of the 65 years I lived in the area.

[@Railroadfan5383]

Mark Z Thanks, I actually live in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. I go to a hobby shop often in edgebrook and sometimes I get bored and go out to film the Amtrak Hiawatha go by.

[@trainsofthemidwest]

@@Railroadfan5383 there's a hobby shop in edgebrook?

[@Railroadfan5383]

@@trainsofthemidwest Yes, at 5514 West Devon Avenue. Half a block West of the station.

[@trainsofthemidwest]

@@Railroadfan5383 awesome thanks!

[@johnhutar6178]

@@RefrigeratedWaffles2 Steve, the owner of Grayland Station, is alive and kicking and I'm at his hobby store every single month when the Gemini's arrive.

[@carmichaeltrainproductionc9663]

Man these Amtrak's are moving at super fast speeds

[@railfannerguy1381]

That’s alots of Amtrak’s.

[@thebnsftracker1317]

Gr8 video! Too bad #66 is gone now, but at least #130 has taken its place.

[@OldSchool-px1xk]

The route of the Hiawatha Service was once operated by the Milwaukee Road which I believe had some the fastest steam locomotives ever built. On Wikipedia you can read trains ran on a schedule less than an hour for the complete run between Chicago and Milwaukee. If the present tracks are only authorized for 79 mph I doubt they can keep the schedules of 60 years ago?

[@Railroadfan5383]

They didnt have the fastest locomotives built, their speed was as fast as many other passenger trains operated by other railroads. Wikipedia isnt the best source for 100% accurate information. The current Amtrak Hiawatha takes about an hour and a half to go one way, and no they dont travel as fast as the Milwaukee road had their Hiawatha's go back in the 1950s and 60s. Theres a lot more rules now and although Amtraks P42s can go 110mph, they are only allowed 79mph due to the track condition.

[@OldSchool-px1xk]

OK, thank you, interesting to know

[@Chasingrail]

Railroadfan5383 No, it’s because FRA Mandates a whole slew of crossing upgrades and locomotive safety systems if you operate over 80mph. Amtrak (besides the NE Corridor) operates at 79 to stay away from those restrictions.

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

@@Chasingrail Nope. It's because most track in this country has a speed limit of 79MPH.

[@Chasingrail]

@@AVeryRandomPerson For the reasons I stated above, yes.

[@dfp383]

That's a lotta Amtrak

[@kingofthemonsters3712]

My grandpa took me and my brother on that train

[@chargerjimhughes228]

The Chug of the 40 ad 42s is awesome. The new SC-44 sounds more efficient . Whatever that means

[@floridianrailauto9032]

You mean they sound like crap that can't handle cold

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

@@floridianrailauto9032 They work. Siemens built a great locomotive out of parts they didn't make.

[@floridianrailauto9032]

@@AVeryRandomPerson I hear a lot of stories about them going down completely when it's cold. That's Cummins for you

[@cnrailfan8000]

nice

[@Railroadfan5383]

Thanks!

[@cnrailfan8000]

anytime

[@chrisziegler4085]

I’ve been on this train