a battered SD40 sits with a gaggle of unassigned power outside M19-a shops

The cold weather has preserved the effects of the New Years snow storm, as this portrait of AMTK 152 shows

This is the engine that was involved in the 15-car Grand avenue grad crossing collision the day before Thanks Giving 2005

it's a long, cold ride from A-2 to CUS but it's almost over for this conductor

snow-encrusted motive power sits out on a blustery New Years day.

The yard is full of scoots waiting over the holiday

A meeting of two La Grange products built in very different times

An express outbound scoot races up to the Cicero stop

a six unit light power lash-up, including a KSC SD70ACe, an ex-BN SD60 with unpatched BN logo, and this brand new GEVO wait for Metra and Amtrak moves to clear before moving west into Clyde.

A conductor hangs on as a three unit light power move heads to the west edge of Clyde yard

An MP15 with cars for the local industries hangs out at M-19

A ferry move passes under the most unique signal bridge on the Metra system. The structure was built as an over-pass for the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad.