On a very unusually warm day, Metra F40C #614 hits the throttle out of Chicago with a load of commuters weary and tired from their day at work.
An express pours it on as the local slows under the signal bridge holding the classic C&NW E type heads.
Outbound train flies through the station as a UP stacktrain waits for clearance to head west while another outbound train in the distance makes a station stop at Western Ave.
Taken on Train Day in Chicago. Where i had gone to see one of my photo use in a display for Amtrak, which is still on display.
When Metra retired its fleet of F40Cs in 2004, it kept two, 611 and 614 in storage should the need for their use ever arise. Five years later, the time has finally come. A reactivated 611 charges ... (more)
In Chicago for the WGRF, Mike Abalos (may he rest in peace) was right beside me shooting the parade, one train after the other at Western Avenue.
An outbound Metra train highballs through the Hanson Park station, with the new, art-deco styled, Central ave. overpass in the background.
An early rush-hour UP-west train moves into the Kedzie interlocking. In the distance, a Milwaukee district scoot can be seen approaching A-2.
though the skyline and rolling stock may change, this scene has otherwise remained consistent for almost a century.
The Metra Electric silently glides to a stop.
An outbound Heritage Service train passes between the semaphore posts
164, 140 & 172 in between duties at Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Centre, Chicago.
