Arriving at Grayslake in the golden glow of late evening sun.
An outbound Metra passes through Galewood at dusk.
My 500th photo on Railpictures! An outbound Metra train passes Clyde yard on the mainline. Note Clyde's East Tower to the extreme right.
Daffodils herald the arrival of Spring, and of the next westbound rush hour Metra. The flowering trees along the platform didn't flower very much last year, so I'm hoping 2009 will provide another... (more)
A Rock Island district train waits at JUS for its departure time back to LaSalle St.
Metra 420 highballs past the former coal towers on the edge of Galewood yard.
Blazing down #1 main for B-12 and CN rails, a North Central train for Antioch heads west into the winter sun.
Metra 404 West arrives at Aurora in a snowstorm.
Inbound train accelerates out of Franklin Park on its run to the Loop.
A pretty shot that nearly ended ugly: As soon as 413 cleared the crossing, the pedestrian on the right walked onto the grad crossing, got to Main 2, saw the train on Main 3, paused AND THEN CROSSE... (more)
