METX 129 is framed by a bike as the snow picks up once again, which will lead to intermittent whiteout conditions.
Metra 148 leads an outbound train away from a station stop at Elmhurst as it passes over the grade crossing at Myrtle Street.
The giant green lightning bolt heads west leading a manifest to Des Moines.
Rolling west out of Proviso Yard
Well after sunset, two Metra trains meet at speed west of the Elmhurst station.
UP 5754 is proceeding eastward along the former CNW mainline near Myrtle Avenue in Elmhurst with a loaded coal train destined for interchange in Chicago.
It's always train time in downtown Elmhurst!
A strange switcher of unknown origin and destination was near the end of a long mixed freight. Check out the shark teeth on the front pilot!
An eastbound Union Pacific freight bound for Proviso Yard slowly passes along the former CNW mainline thru Elmhurst with a whole gaggle of EMD locomotives.
The previous days M348 with a fresh crew finally makes its way toward the Chicago terminal. The massive snow fall during the previous days must have really given this train some trouble.
UP SD70ACe 1995, the CNW heritage engine, leads MCBPR under the signal bridge at Elmhurst.
UP SD40-2 2953, two more UP SD40-2s, and a CEFX SD45 (rebuilt to SD40-2 standards) lead MDMPR into Elmhurst.
UP 3897 accelerates into the curve and past the bike racks at Elmhurst Station as it exits Proviso yard.
