METX 123 leads Milwaukee Service West line thru CP-morgan

VIA 6432 leads the W/B Canadian at Skoonka, BC on September 17, 2018 with VIA 6448 & 6455. The Canadian was running about 6 hours late on this morning traveling through the Skoonka Tunnels along t... (more)

Metra F40PH 122, still wearing the classic blue and red paint scheme, leads an afternoon outbound express train down main 2 of the BNSF Chicago Sub, better known as the Racetrack.

Father bought son to see Metra Holiday train on Union Pacific Northwest Lines at Crystal Lake. My night photos: https://www.railpictures.net/album/6095/

Mirror Image. Perfectly aligned along the dark platform at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago, six Metra F40PHs await their evening outbound departures. Over 40 years old, these l... (more)

An F40 duo leads a midday train out of Elmhurst on the UP-West line headed for Elburn

Two iconic passenger locomotives, a Amtrak F40PH and CB&Q 9911-A, meet at Johnson siding along the IRM mainline.

METX 147, an F40PH wearing an FRA "Blue Sign" scheme as part of an Operation Lifesaver promotion, rolls into Elmhurst, IL with an outbound commuter train.

METX 161, a classic blue F40PH, rolls into Elmhurst, IL with UP-W train 509.

METX 147, one of Metra's F40PH locomotives, sports an Operation Lifesaver wrap for the time being, promoting the visibility of the FRA-mandated blue sign at all railroad crossings; each sign conta... (more)

Two of the very recently acquired units with very nice paint guide the coach train out on Diesel Days: Day 1 of 2025. Plans are, eventually, to return #6976 to Amtrak #644.

Now painted as WeGo Star

Amtrak 280 leads the westbound Lake Shore Limited as it approaches Otis, IN in March of 1996. Looks like there are some new Superliner cars on the head end getting delivered.

CSX P913 (OCS) going down the former Seaboard Air Line main (the S-Line) through Swansea

IRM's three newest units sit outside Barn 2. The units are Amtrak F40PH 231, former BNSF SDP40F 6976, still wearing Maersk paint from the debut of Logistics Park Chicago in Elwood, and BNSF SD70MA... (more)