"An outbound Metra express train is now approaching your station." An inbound train makes its station stop while one of the several express trains blasts its way through the station. See ... (more)
Another day, another rush. Passengers walk away from the train that just carried them from Chicago in less time than it would take just to get on the Eisenhower.
Metra train 1313 has a freshly remodeled F40ph leading a mid afternoon outbound train to Aurora under a soon to be replaced signal bridge at the Highlands Station.
A beautiful cloud-free mid May morning day's silence is broken up by a pair of express trains. Whether or not you like passenger trains, there is no "rush" like two express trains passing each ot... (more)