My best fall color shot. The mid day Metra has just left Hinsdale.
The best colors along the triple track balance the gorgeous warbonnet scheme "dash 9" as some construction works from Hinsdale hospital look on. In the background is a whiteface from the local th... (more)
An outbound train from the city makes a station stop at Hinsdale Illinois.
Halloween's over, but the pumpkins are still running! A H1 leads a westbound "z" train with auto racks at the rear on it's way to the Pacific Northwest.
An outbound express rushes past a local making its stop whose passengers have already dis-embarked from the train.
A Low cold system in its last day of an 8 day grip on Chicago generated some awesome weather. A couple of minutes after I took this shot, there was sun rain!
The Chicago to South Seattle Z train passes beneath the soon-to-be-replaced ex-Q signal bridge at West Hinsdale.
Getting up the normal time for work on my day off paid off! A westbound coal train beats the morning commuter rush and CHCPTL, which had to wait until after the rush, and seems to come out of the... (more)
On a hot, hazy morning, a passenger awaits to board the first outbound train of the day.
Something old, something new! An outbound train rushes toward West Hinsdale under the recently installed new signal bridge. Similar to WBCS East Naperville, the new signal heads are laying... (more)
An outbound Metra flies through Highlands which sees service only during the rush hour. The new tri-light signal bridge was lifted earlier in the day after being delivered earlier in the week on ... (more)
A "Z Train" flies west on BNSF's Race Track.
One MU cover open, one missing. Come on guys.
The 1:00 outbound train passes some signalmen.
An empty coal train heads west to be re-loaded.