After waiting for a couple of Metra's, this loaded coal picks up speed heading east thru Metra's Belmont station.
The Galena Limited, a special train sponsored by the 20th Century Railroad Club, is already 2 hours late when it passes this eastbound at Downers.
Amtrak passes as purple slides into 2nd base.
Of course the inning ended right before the train came so nobody was on the field...
A DC duo of heritage locomotives drags a coal train east.
Crossing Main Street with some fall colors and cornstalk decorated lightpoles.
The three C's: CBQ Signal bridge, clouds, and crepuscular rays.
Amtrak flies towards the sunset. Those tracks look a little bumpy just ahead...
4 SD40-2s highball east near sunset, putting out a good deal of smoke.
Metra 183 approaches a "slow order", just short of Washington Street and its stop at Main Street, as seen from the sign in the foreground.
The uniquely Santa Fe Topeka Cab is displayed on this veteran GP7 in charge of the local today. An ex-BN GP15-1 provides the crew a forward-facing cab when it returns westward to Eola Yard.
BNSF 5182 switches over from Main 2 to Main 1 as it approaches Washington Street. It's accompanied by an NS Dash 9.
With the big rush drawing near, an Executive/H2 SD70MAC light power move hurries down Main 2 on its way to Eola.
West bound Metra stops at Main Street sometime after six o'clock
