METX 500, the RTA heritage unit dressed in holiday lights, brings Milwaukee District North train 2621 into the stop at Fox Lake.

Milwaukee District West 2700 rolls through the plant at Tower A2. The open flame switch heatess are burrning as snow continues to fall.

Metra Milwaukee North train passes Tower A-2 with switch heaters on for anticipated snow. More night photos in Album below.

Sunday at Union Station is comparatively slow compared to the weekday commuter rush. A shiney SD 70MACH heads up this Northbound train out of Union Station. The 507 was originally built in the yea... (more)

METX 500, Metra's RTA heritage unit, glides underneath the former Milwaukee Road signal bridge in Franklin Park, IL as it leads MD-W train 2227 in for a station stop.

METX 402, Metra's "State of Illinois" commemorative unit, makes a rare appearance on the MD-W line leading train 2225 for Elgin. The locomotive's appearance was specially coordinated for... (more)

Now arriving at Hinsdale Metra Station.

Busy times in the afternoon at Deer Field. An inbound and outbound train meet at the station. The outbound has the throttle in the left corner as they speed west on the C&M Sub with the next stop ... (more)

A Metra afternoon Fox Lake or Elgin trains pass each other at A2. The train 512 will soon be stopping for the Western Ave station stop. Man, these 500s SD70s are so cool to see on passenger trains... (more)

For Lollapalooza 2025 in Chicago, Metra ran a few extra trains to help the crowds get to and from downtown over the August 2nd weekend. One such train was this extra C&M train inbound to Chicago. ... (more)

Not too often you get to see a Metra unit leading a train eastbound through Franklin Park. But on this day one comes through with cars for Western Ave Yard.

Its the rush hour on the Racetrack as METX 195 leads an outbound train past another train waiting for an inbound to pass by on main 3 before proceeding to the city right behind it.

North Central Service train 115 is hustling out of downtown Chicago with a pair of F59PHI's.

Chicago Metra train 1264 passes Tower B-12 in Franklin Park as it heads inbound. This North Central Service commuter train, being shoved by F40C 612, rounds a curve as it transitions from the Wis... (more)

The last train of the Illinois Railway Museum's 2025 Diesel Days event was the C&NW bilevel train, with CNW 411 (F7A) providing the power and METX 614 (F40C), one of the museum's recent arrivals, ... (more)