Metra 138 makes a station stop with a inbound train at Elmhurst. Major changes will be happening here with a ground up rebuild of the station area.

Metra 214 arrives into Downers Grove with a outbound, meeting a Eastbound BNSF manifest.

Metra F59PHI 74 leads a outbound train into Maywood.

Surfs up as a former Amtrak Pacific Surfliner F59 leads North Central Service #113 reflecting off Deadheading #2139.

Metra's new "Chicago" commemorative unit accelerates from a stop at the downtown Glenview, IL station with an outbound Metra train.

Metra's "State of Illinois" commemorative unit accelerates from a stop at the downtown Glenview, IL station with an outbound Metra train.

METX 94 leads an outbound scoot into Franklin Park, as seen from the engineer's seat of METX 98, a F59PH-3. Franklin Park's annual 'Railroad Day' allows rail enthusiasts to go up into the cab of m... (more)

METX 917 arrives into its station stop at Lemont with METX 94 leading the way to Joliet.

A classic F40PH leads a commuter train out of Union Station, under the trilight signals.

A westbound suburban makes its stops at Riverside as a westbound Z train is hot on its tail on track 2.

Viewed from the Oak Park Avenue Metra Station clock tower, Metra’s brand new freshly painted “Honoring Chicago” F40PH and a F59PH lead three private cars east through Tinley Park at trackspe... (more)

For several years in the early 1990’s, Amtrak would borrow some equipment from Chicago’s Metra to sub for Amtrak trains on the Chicago to Milwaukee “Hiawatha” corridor on Thanksgiving week... (more)

Metra 104, painted in a new scheme honoring the city of Chicago, leads a outbound NCS train past Tower A-2.

Metra 81 heads West out of the city with a outbound.

A deadhead move from Joliet to the Western Avenue Coach Yard sports Metra's newest, the "Honoring Chicago" F40. It's seen shoving past Amtrak's 18th Street Facility on a sunny, but unsea... (more)