METX 405 shoves inbound by Tower A-2.

METX 91 shoves an inbound past Tower A-2 in Chicago.

NS 1066, the New York Central heritage unit, rounds the bend at Howard Avenue during a well-timed pocket of sunlight.

An inbound Metra diverges onto the C&M at Rondout as CP 198 waits for clearance.

SOO 4598, the final “candy apple” SOO locomotive left on the rails, leads CP 2-286 through Rondout.

IC 2456 leads a CN southbound past the abandoned Elgin, Joliet & Eastern depot in Lake Zurich.

CEFX 6020 blasts through Wheeling with CN U767.

UP 1948 leads a seven-unit consist on an eastbound grain train through Des Plaines, IL.

FURX 5524 takes an intermodal transfer through Oak Lawn on the old Wabash mainline during the day’s last light.

UPY 723 runs LHF with a Metra set through snowy Glencoe, Illinois.

METX 405 arrives North Glenview caked in snow.

Three generations of EMD: in the foreground, a brand-new (yet quite ratty-looking) SD70ACe-T4. In the middle, an SD70ACe in demonstrator paint. And in the background, an SD90MAC. Although there is... (more)

METX 84 leads into Lake Forest.

METX 217 leads a rush-hour outbound out of Chicago crossing Clinton Street, with the skyline illuminating the night.

METX 405 pulls to a stop at the Glenview depot with Metra MD-N train 2125 in tow.