186 about to duck under the Oak Street bridge. Can you spot all four water towers?

Passengers hustle about this vinatge CB&Q depot to board the train as a westbound manifest flies by on an adjacent track.

Traffic stops as Metra 186 leads an afternoon Suburban into the station at Riverside on Main Track 1.

Metra 186 shoves an Eastbound Dinkie at speed on Main Track 3 under the EJ&E overpass at East Eola. This is at MP 33 on the BNSF Chicago Subdivision.

The "J" logo is still visible on the bridge as Metra 186 is framed by the EJ&E overpass, old telegraph wires, and Chicago Subdivision MP 33. This train is part of the evening rush from Chicago to... (more)

186 leaves Main Street

I honestly don't know how he can pass me halfway down the platform at 45 mph and manage to stop without overshooting the platform. Later that night my beloved Chicago White Sox turned a 5-4-3 trip... (more)

Metra 186 is on #3 track at Downers Grove doing a "flip" and about to head back east for downtown