A Metra outbound blasts towards Harvard on the UP Northwest Line, which will be the furthest west the train will go before heading back to Chicago.
METX 166 rounds the curve just west of the Elmhust Metra Station on its outbound trip to Geneva.
A westbound metra arrive into Geneva during the golden hour
Metra 166, still wearing its Operation North Pole wrap, departs Berkeley with a inbound.
The Metra ONP trainset sits in Ogilvie awaiting departure for the UP North Line.
After a successful run from Des Plaines to Crystal Lake and back, the 2017 Metra/Union Pacific Operation North Pole Express deadheads back towards Crystal Lake along main two, stirring up a little... (more)
Metra 166 pushes a inbound train around the big curve on the west edge of Glen Ellyn.
Metra 166, running wrong main, departs Glen Ellyn with a outbound, passing the carnival in town.
Three Metra F40's await the Monday morning commute as they sit on sidings near the Cyrstal Lake Metra station.
Metra outbound train 505, pulled by Metra 166, and EMD F40PH-2, approaches the platforms of the Wheaton Metra station, about five minutes behind schedule.
Metra 166 provides the power for the inbound as they pass the UP 7858 at Marion Street in Oak Park. There was another train parked at River Forest with a CSX SD70MAC leading that afternoon.
Westbound Dinky
Metra 166 highballs a scoot westbound out of Wheaton past Hill 25.
Warming up for the morning push to Chicago, as I wait for my train from Kenosha.
