The often overlooked, unique detail of Metra 214...

An inbound Metra coasts into Berwyn for a station stop.

Metra heads east through a small flurry

Metra 193 leads a outbound train into Downers Grove.

Metra 407 shoves train 210 north out of Blue Island station on a clear February day.

New meets old as a Metra "Winnebago" passes a stored E unit.

Years before Metra began regular service to Manhattan, they ran a passenger special in October of 1996. Commemorating the line's Wabash heritage, #122 proudly displays a Wabash flag.

Metra 176 pauses by an impressive semaphore signal bridge.

Metra 213 heads west past Congress Park. Note the last car, it's a cab car wrapped for BMO Harris Bank.

REVERSE COMMUTE: Rush hour is in full swing on the UP-NW line and outbound Metra #609 breezes into Norwood Park as the city awakens to the warm glow of a new day.

Metra 213 hauls a local Westbound on the BNSF Chicago Subdivision, and fellow RP.net contributors Stephen Schmidt, Robby Gragg, and Jack Morgan get their shots.

Metra Electric train, composed of ex-Illinois Central cars, heads into downtown Chicago after completing its run to University Park on the Metra Electric District (former IC electric line).

Metra 193 ducks under the new and old signal bridges at Westmont. A shame to see more CB&Q history biting the dust, I'll miss the CB&Q signal bridge when it's gone!

Metra action from February 2011, after the last heavy snow in Chicago.