Metra 425, The Rock Island Heritage Unit SB out of the LaSalle Station in downtown Chicago on a beautiful Springtime Saturday

It’s a gorgeous sunny Sunday afternoon on the first day of October in Downtown Chicago, as Metra 115 outbound to Joliet gets underway as it departs LaSalle Street Station and is seen here crawli... (more)

METRA #425 Rock Island Heritage unit leads a train Southbound out of downtown Chicago on a warm last day of September

METX 425 Rock Island heritage unit waits for departure time back to the city.

METX 425 Rock Island heritage unit waits for departure time back to the city.

METX 425 Rock Island heritage unit takes the day off on Christmas 2021.

One of Metra's Rock Island District switchers, NIRC 10 (GP23ECO) arrives at Vermont Street while the 425 brings a mid-day outbound train on platform 2.

METX #425, Metra's tribute to the Rock Island, leads five engines and eight coaches back to the Rocket House for servicing passing 16th Street Tower, built in 1901.

METX 425 leads an outbound by 16th street tower

The Rock Island lives on! METX 425, the Rock Island heritage unit, leads a scoot west out of town under the old Rock searchlights in Robbins.

Metra's Rock Island heritage unit shoves an inbound commuter train through the interlocking and past the 16th Street Tower in downtown Chicago.

Blast from the past! A Joliet bound Rock Island Line train heads south through 18th Street, lead by the "Don Orseno" Rock Island unit. Taken from a hotel about half a mile away you can a... (more)

The Metra Rock Island heritage unit sits at LaSalle Street Station on protect duty (and display) for the NKP 765 trips.

METX 425 sits in LaSalle Street Station.

One inbound and one outbound from LaSalle Street near downtown Chicago. The outbound is the Metra's Rock Island heritage unit. Looks like Iron Man from the Marvel movies franchise.