It's a hot July afternoon, and a rather short LPR49 is hustling eastbound with a pair of SD40Ns at the head. The gorgeous Palatine was rebuilt in 2001 and makes a great background for this train.

UP SD40N 1914 leads a grain train west into Palatine.

UP SD40N 2007 leads MPRPR west through Palatine.

UP 1914 leads a westbound grain empties train thru Palatine, IL.

METX 135 shoves a inbound train into Chicago during the "golden light hour."

UP 1885 leads M-PRPR at Palatine, IL.

Metra 150 leads a outbound train into Palatine for a stop.

Friday evening Metra train on the UP Harvard sub.

It's 5:30pm as a loaded commuter train runs out of Palatine during the evening rush.

Commuter train flies down to the station in Palatine during the early Friday rush.

4 GE widecab's lead a grain train to Wisconsin. For a line with only 1 scheduled freight train these grain extras are always cool to see.

Didn't really expect to be chasing a C&NW down the Harvard Sub today.