Inbound train heading into Chicago Union Station.

METX 187 pushes a scoot into the terminal to get ready for the rush, while a Amtrak P32 races it in.

Metra 196 slides through the wash rack after rush hour and takes the inside track to the Metra coach yard for servicing.

Metra 199 goes into the yard first, then Metra 403 will enter. This track sees a constant parade of trains retiring to the yard at the end of each weekday morning rush hour.

The buildings on the left are going up where nothing stood for years. This property once served as the leads into Grand Central Station and LaSalle St. Station (visible tracks to LaSalle St. Stat... (more)

Metra 201 shoves slowly into Chicago Union Station, while 113 pairs up with a F40PHM-2 headed south, on Metra's Southwest Service out to Orland Park.

From the Metra Congress Park station.

A hostler stands back as 188 backs into the terminal

A BNSF line express train is being prepped for rush hour service at Roosevelt Road during another typical Friday afternoon for Metra crews.

As it leaves Union Station METX 190 belches out a cloud of nasty looking smoke.

These locomotives always remind me of the people that go into cosmetic surgery for their nose, only to have the surgeon chop off more than what they wanted.

Metra 200 flies by with an outbound express.

Metra 205 prepares to shove another inbound train towards Chicago, and RP contributor Brian "Brain" Smith gets a side shot of 205.