What's this?!? It took me a second to gauge what I was seeing. Of the hundreds, nee, thousands of Metra trains I've seen over the past 18 years or so, I have never seen a Metra uni... (more)
An afternoon outbound train comes to it's stop at Western Springs.
Metra 214 West nears the end of its morning run.
The Canal Street Wye gets heavy action. Outbound BNSF Line Metra on the left, inbound in the middle. On the right, the terminated Empire Builder backs around the wye to re-orient north, wash, and ... (more)
Metra 214 is one of two that is an Operation Lifesaver unit.
Metra 214, the OLS Unit, makes good speed into Joliet leading 5 cars.
This time 214 had an engineer! It came back. It rounds the corner as it approaches Joliet Station.
