An outbound Metra commuter train negotiates the maze of trackage leading from Chicago Union Station on April 17, 2009.

The orange trim around the number boards really pops out on Metra's newest repainted F40PH.

Outbound UP West Line Metra at last light.

Even though the exterior of the Metra station at Stone Avenue features elegant stone arches leading to the platform lining BNSF’s Chicago to Aurora main line, the interior is remarkably basic, w... (more)

An eastbound Metra commuter train rolls toward a stop at Stone Avenue at La Grange, Illinois, on a rainy spring day. It was certainly nice to stay dry under the large, protected eves of the statio... (more)

Metra MP36PH-3S No. 426 leads a westbound Metra commuter train past the tower at Rondout, Illinois, on Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road main line and is clattering over the EJ&E, that just becam... (more)

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

METX 402 shoves an inbound train back to the city after departing Joliet Metra Station on a beautiful Sunday evening.

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

Metra’s “City Of Chicago” inspired locomotive screams past the Historic Gaylord Building in Downtown Lockport with Heritage Corridor 919.

Metra MP36PH 407 sits at the LaSalle St station as the Rock Island protect.

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

Metra EMD F40C No. 601 leads a westbound commuter train past Tower B17 at Bensenville, Illinois, on March 3, 1990. Similar looking to Amtrak’s SDP40F, the F40C has unique corrugated side panels ... (more)

Metra 199 departs Brookfield with a outbound train.

Metra's evening rush hour kicks off from Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center as a pair of UP North/Northwest commuters leave the Chicago skyline behind on an already dark commute to Chicago's ... (more)