There are actually 3 Metra trains visible in this picture. Aside from the obvious, one is about to emerge from the wash housing, and another is preparing to leave CUS for the coach yard.
Metra 197 exits the wash racks and heads toward the coach yard.
You can actually see the cold wind blowing north to south. A half-hour late Capitol Limited roars in to Union Station, locomotives first, passing the Amtrak yard on the left and the Metra ... (more)
Two Metra trains line up to switch off to the service yard (left), while SWS train #812 arrives on time, pushed into Union Station by Metra 198
One goes in while the other heads to the service yard to spend the day.
At the end of rush hour on a frigid morning, right before my shutter stopped working, two Metra trains depart Chicago Union Station for the service yards, while a third (far right) arrives with an... (more)
The City of New Orleans backs into Union Station, arriving right on time at 9:00am. The wind chill is positive 2 degrees. My camera worked in this location for about 12 minutes bef... (more)
Chicago Union Station all decked out for the Christmas Season! Many Generations of Christmas shoppers have passed through this very room on there way to find the perfect christmas gift.
Amtrak 426 leaves Union Station north with commuters heading home on a hump day. Doubtless they spent the entire day looking out at the beautiful weather ...
METX 421 sits in CUS's North Concourse, awaiting departure.
While on the way to Ogilvie, we pass two MP36s in the north end of Union Station.
The Empire Builder departs Chicago as a CTA Green Line train heads over the Chicago River.
Amtrak's Southwest Chief begins its journey out of CUS.
The WB Empire Builder departs Chicago for its trip west.
In the relatively cramped confines of an 8500 series control car, the engineer's controls appear Spartan and utilitarian, especially when compared to the latest and greatest of Metra's fleet, the ... (more)
