The city is quiet and all the commuters are gone. The switch warmers are about to turn on while Metra F40PH #130 waits through the cold Chicago night.

Rock Island train 713 speeds commuters bound for Joliet out of Chicago

METX 212 leads an outbound train through the Village of Western Springs.

An Amtrak Hiawatha meets an outbound Metra Milwaukee West before arriving in Chicago Union Station

Metra 173 leads an outbound UP North train into downtown Evanston on a cold February afternoon.

Outbound Rock Island kicking up a bit of snow. Total accumulation ended up at around 10 inches.

Metra 119 in the original blue livery arrives in Naperville while Amtrak's inbound Southwest Chief awaits its departure time while an outbound hotshot waits for a window to continue west.

Snow is coming down hard on the Metra Electric District but inbound train 220 kicks it back into the air.

Chicago Heritage. After arriving at Chicago Union Station, Amtrak 22 (Texas Eagle) reverse out of the station on to the wye on Monday, January 4, 2021. Amtrak 146 (P42DC) pushes both Webb R... (more)

A Metra F59PHI hits a snow drift as it leads an outbound through Grayslake, Illinois.

Tom Golden photo.

In “my kind of town”, a Metra electrical train rolls by 18th Street Station which is typically used for games at Soldier Field seen on the right.

An outbound Metra train rockets out of the city as it passes BNSF's Western Avenue Yard.

Changing of the guard
On February 22, 1992, Burlington Northern commuter trains to Aurora, Illinois, were still being hauled by some vintage BN EMD E9s, but new Metra F40PHM-2 locomotiv... (more)