Operating as "Extra 425 West", Metra's "Rock Island" MP36 #425 leads the Passenger Train Journal 50th Anniversary special past the 16th Street Tower out of Chicago, bound for J... (more)
Metra 179 departs Western Springs with a inbound.
Major changes have happened to this location over the years. In this photo, an outbound Metra leaves as construction loads are hoisted above for construction of 333 N. Canal St. (The Residences a... (more)
Inbound and outbound Metra commuter trains pass just west of the station in Elmhurst on UP's Geneva Sub. Locomotives:METX 121 F40PHMETX 129 F40PH
METX 119 leads an outbound doubleheader into LaGrange as a high-speed Amtrak gains in the background, blaring its K5LA airhorn.
Freshly rebuilt F40PHM-3 196 hustles a Metra train through the maze of tracks leading out of Union Station with a load of passengers for Aurora.
An outbound Metra commuter train from Chicago to Joliet approaches its station stop in Mokena.
At rush hour this area is like a bee-hive with trains coming and going. Seeing this for the first time in person was special. When you live in an area that has a single track mainline that sees 8-... (more)
A busy afternoon along the "Racetrack" in LaGrange.
With the Willis Tower and Union Power Station in the backdrop, a Metra Commuter train with The Village of Cary engine as power, backs into Union Station in preparation for the evening rush hour.
The Metra Rock Island heritage unit sits at LaSalle Street Station on protect duty (and display) for the NKP 765 trips.
An inbound Metra train to Chicago passes JB Tower in West Chicago on the old Chicago & Northwestern route.
METX 184 leads one of the day's final outbounds through Mokena.
Metra 410 leads the Joliet Rocket back west through New Lenox.
METX 425 sits in LaSalle Street Station.
