After detraining passengers at Union Station, train 1234 is running thru the wash rack at Roosevelt with the CB&Q inspired paint leading.

Metra 211, the CB&Q heritage unit, leads a outbound express train past the historic CB&Q depot at LaGrange Road.

Metra 211, the CB&Q heritage unit, leads a outbound train into Clarendon Hills.

Christmas is right around the corner, and Metra is once again celebrating the holiday season by decorating some of its locomotives in Christmas lights. For this season, METX 211 - the CB&Q heritag... (more)

Not long before midnight on a cold evening, Metra's BNSF line holiday train makes its stop at Downers Grove Main Street. The CB&Q heritage unit, #211 is lit up this year and in Q colors to boot. M... (more)

With Christmas season underway in the windy city, Metra honors their festive tradition for the second year in a row, decking a handful of locomotives with lights. Each line has their own Christmas... (more)

Metra 211, the CB&Q heritage unit, shoves into Chicago Union Station to load a train of passengers for Aurora.

On a crystal clear evening in downtown Chicago, Metra’s Chicago Burlington & Quincy commemorative locomotive head ends an outbound rush trainset. Seen here from the Roosevelt Rd bridge.

Metra's CB&Q heritage unit is seen working on train 2013 on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Congress Park.

Metra's CB&Q heritage engine is seen heading into downtown Chicago as it passes the Amtrak's 14th Street Yard.

The Sears Tower looms tall, as Metra’s Chicago Burlington & Quincy commemorative locomotive crawls out of historic Union Station in downtown Chicago in some nice afternoon light.

Metra 211, the CB&Q heritage unit, arrives into Berwyn with a outbound train.

Metra 211, the CB&Q heritage unit, leads a outbound train through Downers Grove, passing the historic CB&Q depot at Main Street.

Metra’s Burlington heritage F40PHM-2 leads a westbound commuter train out of Chicago Union Station.

With it’s CB&Q heritage shining in the setting sun, METX 211 leads train 1263 as well with 186 into a station stop at La Grange, Stone Avenue, which has a vintage CB&Q depot.