Behind windows tinted in green, commuters wait to depart Chicago Union Station riding Bi-level Metra trains homeward on November 8, 2017.

Metra 194 arrives at the Route 59 Metra Station with some of the final rush passengers in tow. Meanwhile, another amazing summer backdrop unfolds as storms begin to organize to the south.

Metra 308 leads CNW 411 and the bilevel train west past the CNW semaphores at West Switch in Union. The 308 was one of many unusual units IRM pulled out for Diesel Days this year.

A couple F units put on a great show as the bilevel train splits the semaphores at Olsen Road.

Metra F40PHM-2 199 leads a commuter train out of Chicago Union Station. In the back ground Hostlers switch tracks with venerable Metra 3, a SW1200 built for the Milwaukee Road. The Tall building ... (more)

Hostlers on SW1200 Metra 3 built for the Milwaukee Road move two recently acquired F59PHIs into the Metra shops. The F59PHIs are now in service with Metra...

The Illinois Railway Museum is hosting three days of Diesel Days this year and the first day ended with a bang. Metra and CNW F7(A)'s crank it into run 8 as the bilevel train makes its way by the ... (more)

Metra 184 leads an outbound train into New Lenox.

Far and few. The last Metra F59PH makes its rush hour stop in Lemont, IL. Seen from above, people from near and far gather for the annual Wednesday car show.

Joliet bound train passes the soon to be replaced Rock Island signals.

Metra's Milwaukee Road heritage unit brings an outbound train over Midlothian Road. The replacement nose herald it in the works.

Metra commuter train 509 has just arrived in Joliet, Illinois, on November 12, 2018. Joliet is the end of the line, and soon this train will depart back to Chicago's La Salle Street station as tr... (more)

Following the autumnal time change, the sun sets early. As it does, Metra train 1245 makes its stop in Brookfield, Illinois, as it makes its daily (well, on weekdays) trip hauling weary workers f... (more)

As the sun nears the horizon, Metra train 1241 passes through Brookfield, Illinois, as it hustles commuters from their jobs in downtown Chicago to the suburbs between the city and Aurora. Metra F... (more)

On November 8, 2018, Metra F40PH-2 180 backs its train into Chicago's Union Station in order to load it for the evening rush hour. This train will be heading to Aurora, Illinois. Meanwhile, an A... (more)