A different 611 in a view that is now gone thanks to buildings put atop of the railroad.

Smoke show. You'd think that was a GE.

Metra F40PH-3 #103 leads an outbound train, Metra F40PH-3 #106 shoves an inbound train, and an Amtrak Hiawatha is seen in the distance during the busy afternoon rush hour in Chicago at CP Morgan, ... (more)

Metra 305 at the 1999 Illinois Railway Museum Diesel Days before being repainted to CN&W colors.

While making a run to Des Plaines Hobbies, I decided to stop at Bensenville first. Here, Metra 416 shoves train 2242 back towards the Loop while outbound train 2223 makes a stop at Bensenville.

Holding The Crossing

Inbound train 2242 holds in place as it covers all of the crossings near the Bensenville Station as outbound 2223 slows for a stop.

A Metra train, headed from downtown Chicago to Aurora, makes a stop at the Harlem Avenue stations in Berwyn, Illinois, ona crisp January 14th, 2016. EMD-built F40PHM-2 196 leads six-car train #12... (more)

Mr. Pagel takes a look at the inbound bound for Chicago

Metra 198 pushes a inbound train past River Rd in Naperville.

Metra 211 leads a outbound train under the CB&Q signal bridge at West Eola.

Metra #125 does a roll by for the local railfans before the "Operation North Pole" trip back and forth along the Union Pacific Northwest Line, with the whole train wrapped in a scheme picked out b... (more)

Metra's NIRC SW1 1 tows a new Metra F59PH west through the West Pullman neighborhood