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.
UP 5511 with UP 1995 are inbound toward Global I, while the Green Line train is outbound to Harlem, two stops away.
An inbound to the loop CTA train heads east, while an outbound train to Des Plaines stops at the Harlem station.
Weather-related freight delays kicked the 3:30 inbound to Main 3. The manifest lead by UP 8510 was waiting for a train in the next block to clear CP Vale.
One of the UP's elite Big Macs sits on point of a empty coal drag, waiting for signals.
Detail of the wide-cab of this SD40, a very neat Canadian variant of the EMD classic.
A UP coal train waits for the next block to clear, as a short stack train begins to move.
An empty coal train made up of an assortment of older "heritage railroad" coal cars trundles through Oak Park.
A young commuter watches UP 1995 depart Marion street with interest. Clearly the contrast of the CNW heritage unit's colorful paint scheme with the the darb and dirty UP power that normally parade... (more)
A pair of CNW GE's wait at the Oak Park depot for a fresh crew.
A WBD on main 1 heads through Oak Park.