Five Metra trains converge at the UP North/Northwest/West lines crossing of the Milwaukee District North/West/North Central Service line out of Union Station. This is a common occurrence during r... (more)
An outbound scoot rolls in front of the Chicago skyline as it begins its journey to the western suburbs.
A Milwaukee District North Line commuter train passes Lake Street Tower as it is being demolished after 88 years.
Which face do you prefer? Three-month-old Metra F40PHM-2 sits alongside its 35-year-old big brother, Burlington Northern E9AM 9914. The E didn't even make it until the end of the year before the 1... (more)
Metra joins the CP C&M Sub in Rondout as it comes off of the CP Fox Lake Sub with another sunday inbound.
Two Metra UP North line trains wait overnight at the Kenosha coach yard.
Can you find the Metra train?
50 degrees for the middle of December isn't bad and the water wasn't to cold either as I waited for the Metra inbound to Joliet
RI533 slaps the scores of St. Charles Airline Diamonds on #1 main on a late night run for Joliet, IL. 533 is the last train out of LaSalle Street and brings an end to Metra's weekday operations fo... (more)
Metra West Line train #2256 shoves the last Elgin train into Chicago for the night as WSOR's T-001 stands by, awaiting a route on the C&M Sub. and a trip back home to Janesville, WI. These classic... (more)
On a late night run to Joliet, the next-to-last outbound Rock Island District train of the evening is just minutes out of LaSalle St. Station as it passes venerable 16th St. Tower. Special thanks... (more)
Metra 185 leads a outbound train past the Brookfield water tower.
Another train load full of commuters pounds through West Chicago on a scorching 100+ degree day.
After enjoying a trackside lunch at a little drive-in called Shorty's in Wood Dale, my Dad observes an outbound scoot head west towards Elgin.
Friday evening Metra train on the UP Harvard sub.
