After taking a shot of METX 90 at Camp Ground Road in Des Plaines last fall, I decided to return to the spot upon hearing of it running in nice afternoon light on the Union Pacific Northwest line.... (more)

CNW Paint On An F59? Metra 721 to Harvard, IL departs Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center with ex-Amtrak F59PHI #90 (formerly 467.) Once an F59 used on Amtrak's Cascades route in the P... (more)

Metra's CNW heritage unit arrives into Wheaton with a outbound train.

The weekend line up in the coach yard at Elburn.

METX 74, METX 138 and METX 90 wait out the weekend in the yard at Elburn.

Metra's CNW heritage unit leads an outbound train west through La Fox Illinois on a nice winter day

By now, it's no secret that Chicago's commuter railroad, Metra, has a fleet of specially painted locomotives. It started a few years ago with METX 100, which wore a wrap honoring Chicago's Regiona... (more)

After running an inaugural trip to Crystal Lake, Metra's CNW heritage unit along with the State of Corruption's MP36 pull past Tower A2 and into the California Ave Coach Yard.

Metra's C&NW heritage unit is seen on sitting on track 5 next to a painted Pullman shortly before making its first trip to Crystal Lake.

Metra’s Newest Chicago & Northwestern Commemorative Locomotive cruises over the Fox River in Geneva on a beautiful Monday morning.

As the sun prepares to set on Chicago, Union Pacific Northwest train #647 begins its trip to Harvard with Metra's newest creation in charge. Leading the way is METX #90, looking great in Chicago &... (more)

Yellow leaves, yellow signs and yellow locomotives? All three go well together as Metra's latest heritage locomotive brings a non-revenue train through Des Plaines.

Inaugural runs for the Chicago and Northwestern heritage locomotive, here the train heads outbound over I90 / I 94, with the METX 402 trailing. Of note, is the Chicago and Northwestern heralds th... (more)

Metra 90, the new Chicago and Northwestern heritage unit and the 402 state of Illinois unit lead a photo charter passed Tower A2 in Chicago.

Metra's new CNW heritage unit heads inbound to Chicago on a extra photo run, crossing the Fox River. Metra 402 trails for the occasion.