Metra Milwaukee North service arriving Fox Lake, final stop

METX 402, Metra's "State of Illinois" commemorative unit, makes a rare appearance on the MD-W line leading train 2225 for Elgin. The locomotive's appearance was specially coordinated for... (more)

METX 405, Metra's Milwaukee Road heritage unit, departs from the Glenview North Metra station with outbound train 2151.

Metra Milwaukee North train with Milwaukee Heritage leading passes Tower A-2 with switch heaters on for anticipated snow.

Metra's MILW-inspired unit leading over the former MILW.

METX 426 (MP36PH-3S) leads outbound commuter train 2247 under the Tower B-12 signals in Franklin Park, IL during the golden hour.

METX 414 (MP36PH-3C) leads outbound commuter train 2247 under the Tower B-12 signals in Franklin Park, IL during the golden hour.

The Northstar commuter train line opened in 2009 with five MPI MP36PH-3C locomotives and seventeen Bombardier BiLevel Coach cars. In June 2010, Metro Transit had decided to purchase the sixth loc... (more)

METX 402 pulls down over the PRR lift bridge south of Lumber Street over the Chicago River. From here the passenger special will back into Chicago Union Station.

METX 425 leads a commuter train south out of the city on a beautiful evening. 425 is in a Rock Island inspired scheme which makes it appropriate to pass by 16th Street Tower which guarded the Rock... (more)

METX 402, the State of Illinois MP36, leads a passenger special off the Blue Island Branch and onto the Metra Electric Line. This is the only time I've ever seen diesel power on the Electric.

An extra North Star commuter train carrying attendees from the Minnesota Twins baseball game rushes underneath the Saint Anthony Parkway bridge just south of BNSF's Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, ... (more)

Weekend train approaches New Lenox Station on the Rock Island District.

Back in 2019 work is closing in quick to replace these old Rock Island era signals. A Metra outbound train passes under the classic signals on the Joliet Sub. Signals retired October 2022.

Milwaukee District North Line train #2621 with the Milwaukee heritage MP36 is seen through the former West Side Elevated bride at Paulina Street.