176 is ready for its next run on this summer evening.
The engineer of a morning rush hour "dinky" looks intently ahead as he nudges his train out of the station stop.
Something old, something new An outbound Metra passes under the CB&Q searchlights and the new Darth Vader tri's at East Lisle. The new signals have recently been turned to face the tracks.
The morning rush hour is in full swing at the semaphore protected former CNW Clinton Street tower. If my memory serves me correctly, Clinton Street was the point at which seven tracks coming in fr... (more)
An outbound Metra heads into some extraordinary bright sunlight during the evening rush.
Metra north service train passes thru Mundelein on CN Waukesha Sub. The track on the far right is the hill track that CN uses for Waukesha Sub trains to access to and from the ex EJ&E and CN's Lei... (more)
1 of 2 F40Cs makes an appearance at River Grove.
An outbound Metra passes up an eastbound "Z" train. Although freights are rare during the rushes, the most common is eastbound "Z" trains.
What's he pointing to? Maybe the next dinky coming up.
Cars dash over the crossing between Metra trains as inbound and outbound trains meet near La Grange.
The "dinky" parade has arrived.
