Metra 163 leads a outbound train out of downtown Chicago.

Metra 87 and 165 rest in Kenosha for the weekend at dusk.

An outbound train from the city flies through the Congress Park Metra station in the western suburbs.

Metra 99 leads a outbound train under the signal bridge at CP Morgan in Chicago.

Coming and going with a pair of Metra commuter trains operating on the BNSF west line in a view from Roosevelt Road overpass on April 17, 2009. Metra EMD F40PHM-2 No. 200 has been idle for a while... (more)

Two of Metra’s specially painted locomotives meet at Joliet Union Station. Metra 425 (Rock Island heritage) waits to depart inbound to Chicago on the RI line while Metra 104 (City of Chicago ins... (more)

Two Tenny leads the 3 o'clock outbound express from Union Station.

Metra's newest heritage until leads an extra bicycle train on the Heritage Corridor.

Warm colors of dawn are breaking on the eastern horizon as a Metra commuter train rushes toward Chicago on a high green over Track 2 at Naperville, Illinois, on November 9, 2017. The view is throu... (more)

Always nice to see an original model F40PH

An outbound Metra commuter train negotiates the maze of trackage leading from Chicago Union Station on April 17, 2009.

The orange trim around the number boards really pops out on Metra's newest repainted F40PH.

Outbound UP West Line Metra at last light.

Even though the exterior of the Metra station at Stone Avenue features elegant stone arches leading to the platform lining BNSF’s Chicago to Aurora main line, the interior is remarkably basic, w... (more)

An eastbound Metra commuter train rolls toward a stop at Stone Avenue at La Grange, Illinois, on a rainy spring day. It was certainly nice to stay dry under the large, protected eves of the statio... (more)