Taken With Permission
With a thin fog hanging in the air, a Chicago-bound Metra train heads along Commerce St. and past the relocated Symerton depot.
On a chilly March evening, the crew of Metra/Rock Island suburban 528 fires up the headlight on control car 8565 and performs the standing air test.
In the relatively cramped confines of an 8500 series control car, the engineer's controls appear Spartan and utilitarian, especially when compared to the latest and greatest of Metra's fleet, the ... (more)
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