An out of service Metra train passes the 1947 Milwaukee Road depot at Elgin as it enters the coach yard.

An outbound Metra train heads out of Elgin as it proceeds to its final stop of the day at Big Timber.

Two Metra trains meet at the south end of the Elgin Coach Yard. The train on the right, led by Milwaukee Road heritage unit #405, has just completed a run to National Street station from Chicago a... (more)

Freshly painted CP 7431 and 7433 sandwich CSXT 5216 as they head east along the Fox River in Elgin.

METX 120, Metra's F40PH-3 that is newly painted in a scheme to honor those who have served in our Armed Forces, idles on a stub track at the downtown Elgin, IL Metra station, where it will partake... (more)

The Eagle Has Landed. After completing its run from Chicago to Elgin on train #2243, Metra's new "Honoring All Who Served" Veteran's unit is seen tying down along the Fox River in... (more)

After leading train 2243 in from Chicago, METX 500 ties up on the River Track in Elgin. Decorated for Christmas, it looks good alongside the Fox River on this cold November evening.

F40PH #124 still soldiers for more than 40 years moving commuters between home and work.

Metra 104, the Chicago unit, sits in Elgin waiting to depart with train 2724. For the first time this year, Metra has decorated several trains (five total) with Christmas decorations.

KCS SD70MAC 3967 leads CPKC 252 East through downtown Elgin.

An inbound departs after boarding passengers at National Street Station in Elgin, while an investigation is going on with the outbound on the left. Apparently they struck a pedestrian here... howe... (more)

Warren & Saline River Railroad 73 (Whitcomb 70T) and Chicago Transit Authority/Chicago Rapid Transit 5001 (Pullman Standard, 1947) sit on display at the Fox River Trolley Museum in Elgin, Illinois... (more)

Aurora, Elgin, and Fox River 5 (GE 45T) is original to the operation of the line that became the museum. It is seen at the Fox River Trolley Museum in Elgin, Illinois on Sunday, December 27, 2020

METX 405 is in charge of an outbound train to Big Timber Road on a beautiful day.

Former Cascades AMTK 468 shoves on an inbound train to the city. Of note is the removal of the skirts to expose the fuel tank.