As Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief (Los Angeles to Chicago), pulls out of the station, outbound Metra train 1231 pulls in. METX F40PHM-2 206 is powering the Metra commuter tr... (more)

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

A late-Fall blizzard has hit the Chicagoland area on Veterans Day 2019. And on this day, Chicago Metra train 1264 makes a stop at the Stone Avenue Station in La Grange, on BNSF’s triple-track C... (more)

Metra 206 leads an outbound train out of Lisle towards Aurora.

Metra 206 pushes an inbound train through Hinsdale.

An outbound Metra blasts through the snow as it approaches Naperville for a station stop.

Departing Metra’s Stone Avenue Station in La Grange, Illinois, is train 1264, making its way from the western suburb of Aurora to downtown Chicago on November 11, 2019. This six-car mid-day tra... (more)

Newly rebuilt Metra 206 sits at Blue Island along with F59PH 99 and NIRC SW1200 3.

Metra 206 leads a outbound down the Beverly Branch in Chicago.

An outbound train has just terminated and is waiting further assignment at UD on this hot July evening. Prior to 2014, Rock Island District trains would cross the diamond to terminate at another p... (more)

METX 206 comes to a stop in Joliet with an outbound train.

METX 206 flies under the Rock Island-era cantilever and searchlights at Interchange as it heads to Joliet with a train full of rush hour commuters.

Metra 206 leads a outbound train past Joliet UD Tower and into Union Station. Metra trains no longer cross the diamonds here or use Union Station as their stop.

50 degrees for the middle of December isn't bad and the water wasn't to cold either as I waited for the Metra inbound to Joliet

Metra 206 highballs west through the forest. Next stop: New Lenox