BNSF 5468 passes the Highlands Depot and is about to pass under the Oak Street Bridge. It's leading its train under the CB&Q signal bridge. An eastbound Metra train, bound for Chicago, is in the b... (more)
A grandfather has brought his grandson trackside to watch the dinky parade on a glorious spring day. For many of us, this is how we acquired our interest in railroads.
Hinsdale, Illinois: The heart of Metra's Burlington Line. With the evening commuter rush winding down, dispatchers release a torrent of freight trains onto the racetrack.
Hinsdale, Illinois: The heart of Metra's Burlington Line. The signal bridge at Highlands shows three different aspects at dusk.
Hinsdale, Illinois: The heart of Metra's Burlington Line. A commuter train streaks under the signal bridge in Highlands under the glow of the evening sky.
You can almost smell the paint as BNSF 961, one of BNSF's newest units at the time, hurries it's train east through Highlands Station in Hinsdale, Illinois bright and early in the morning.
405 passes under the CB&Q signal bridge at Highlands as Z-CHCSSE approaches on the middle.
A pair of Executives lead westbound empty coal through Hinsdale, about to pass under the Oak Street Bridge.
With the distant Sear's tower cloaked in the evening haze, and peering through the classic 'Q' signal bridges, Chicago Amtrak #5 races west on main one through Highlands with an eastbound Detroit ... (more)
Westward on the race track.
A Scoot screams through Highlands, Metra does not stop here on weekends.
A trio of SD40-2s lug westbound "Brick-Gal" past the pieces of history that call Highlands home.
403 with a frozen coupler slows for a stop at Hinsdale.
