Santa Fe Bluebonnet SD40-2 6740, a second Santa Fe Bluebonnet SD40-2, and a BNSF Heritage 1 SD40-2 sit outside of the yard with M-BRCGAL. A pair of BN trains await their turns. Aside from the good... (more)

An inbound Metra train seperates two pieces of railroad history. In the forground is the site of the Rock Island's yard serving down town Chicago. In the background we can clearly see the clock to... (more)

Metra 204 pushes under the signal tower leading into LaSalle Station with downtown Chicago landmarks looming behind.

Heading in to LaSalle Station at about 8am.

The conductor hangs out the doorway as the the train begins to pull away. Pretty soon, this scene will change slightly when operations change over to the new 143rd St. Station(currently under cons... (more)

The last inbound of the night passes under the new signal bridge at Stone Ave. while the old signal bridge stands watch. Big thanks to Kevin V. for the night photo lesson.

West bound Metra stops at Main Street sometime after six o'clock

194 makes a quick stop at Main Street and heads for its next stop at Fairview.

199 throttles up out of Main Street headed for Fairview.

Metra's crossing safety slogan is "don't even think about dashing". This person didn't listen to that and ran around the gates at Washington Street. Luckly the train was going away!

199 pulls the last westbound of the rush, during the "golden hour."

An abnormal doubleheader, with the F40 leading the MP36, head under the westbound Highlands signal bridge just before the shadows cover all the tracks. This will probably be the next bridge to com... (more)

192 arrives at Hinsdale during the rush. Notice how the trees just east of the depot have naturally grown to avoid the trains.

We've hit peak time for rush hour as 195 throttles up out of Main Street. It will soon meet up with two other trains, which are in the background.