METX 522 rushes into Franklin Park, IL and under the former Milwaukee Road-era searchlights with an outbound commuter train, preparing to make its scheduled stop just ahead.

METX 513 leads an outbound train from the city through Bensenville during the evening rush.

METX 513 shoves an inbound train to the city past the KCS 4702 as it rolls onto one of the yard leads into Bensenville Yard.

Now approaching Bensenville Metra Station.

With the engineer awaiting a door light, the conductor of this decorative outbound Milwaukee District North train ensures the last few straggling commuters are safely aboard before departing Weste... (more)

METX 500, the RTA heritage unit dressed in holiday lights, brings Milwaukee District North train 2621 into the stop at Fox Lake.

Milwaukee District West 2700 rolls through the plant at Tower A2. The open flame switch heatess are burrning as snow continues to fall.

Sunday at Union Station is comparatively slow compared to the weekday commuter rush. A shiney SD 70MACH heads up this Northbound train out of Union Station. The 507 was originally built in the yea... (more)

METX 500, Metra's RTA heritage unit, glides underneath the former Milwaukee Road signal bridge in Franklin Park, IL as it leads MD-W train 2227 in for a station stop.

Busy times in the afternoon at Deer Field. An inbound and outbound train meet at the station. The outbound has the throttle in the left corner as they speed west on the C&M Sub with the next stop ... (more)

A Metra afternoon Fox Lake or Elgin trains pass each other at A2. The train 512 will soon be stopping for the Western Ave station stop. Man, these 500s SD70s are so cool to see on passenger trains... (more)

For Lollapalooza 2025 in Chicago, Metra ran a few extra trains to help the crowds get to and from downtown over the August 2nd weekend. One such train was this extra C&M train inbound to Chicago. ... (more)

A pair of Metra EMD SD70MACH #517 leads Metra Milwaukee District West (MD-W) Line Train #2129 through CP Morgan and out of downtown Chicago.

METX 520 and 500 leads an outbound train from the city through Franklin Park during the evening rush.

Metra SD70MACH locomotives leads an outbound express train from the city through Franklin Park.