Metra In Cincinnati?, Metra 175 waits for a train to pick it up to return to its home in the Windy City but not before spending some time in the Queen City. 175 is sporting its new paint the same... (more)

On a perfect day for train spotting, I find myself visiting La Grange, IL. The first train of the rush comes through as the sun starts to set doing every bit of 70mph to make up delays caused by t... (more)

A pair of NIRC SW1500s lead a string of dead highliners east, approaching the Canal Street wye.

A pity this view has been lost to development.

Metra Union Pacific North West District train has unloaded passengers at Harvard, Il, the last stop on the line.

A "Taste of Chicago" extra races past Highlands on a warm and humid afternoon. On this day the Racetrack was busy, having seen 5 BNSF movements west and a few extra Metra movements inbound.

Sunset on Metra Milwaukee Service junction of North and West service at Western Avenue Station.

Metra Milwaukee District train is arriving at Western Avenue station as it passes Tower A-2.

An Express train roars through Hinsdale, IL.

An inbound Metra with the tell-tale green streak passes the site of the former Lake St tower and under the "L." On the left side of the frame, construction is in progress on a new building that wi... (more)

Metra Rock Island train 323 crosses the CN ex-IC line at 16th Street Tower. The tower is still manned by Metra Personnel. This junction has more lines than meets the eye, The CTA Red Line passes r... (more)

Through the Cold

Train 52 slows for a stop at Lombard in the late afternoon. On this Monday, the high temp would only get to a balmy 4°, but the windchill would make it closer to ... (more)

An outbound Metra "dinky" from Chicago led by METX F40PHM-2 No. 191 comes into Naperville, Illinois along the "Racetrack" or BNSF's Chicago Subdivision on June 24, 2016.

The Metra SW-1 has pulled the Electric Line cars from the station and will shove them along the Rock Island Service Line.

An outbound Metra train passes 16th Street Tower.