Everything is wet, including Illinois Central's executive E-units, as this train pulls around the wye along Earhart. Once clear of the switch, this train will back into New Orleans Union Passenge... (more)

Brand new Amtrak P42DC 40 and a P32BWH ease train 58, the City of New Orleans, onto NOUPT's "Western Connection" at Carrollton Junction.

Amtrak P40s 810 and 802 strutt across the Saint Charles Air Line with train 58, The City of New Orleans, as they come to the end of this journey from New Orleans to Chicago.

A CSXT train with an all EsPee consists lands at Bay Saint Louis as it travels towards New Orleans under a typical gulf coast sky.

The old and the new rest side by side in a glow of light at Hill yard.

From this view, it is easy to see how Hill Yard earned its nickname "The Silver Yard". The Metra/BNSF fleet even receives regular coats of silver paint on the trucks.

Old cab control car METX 810 sits among the newer cars, easily identified by the lack of stripes on the end doors, at Hill Yard under one of the smaller HEP bridges used to power trains while they... (more)

Looking forward from the coupola of BN Caboose 12041 on the Essex Work Train, we can see the exhaust from our motor and the hulk of BNSF Jordan Spreader 972657 as we head to Glacier Park East to u... (more)

This late night Metra/BNSF suburban has detrained the last passengers of the day onto the South Platform and the BNSF crew prepares to take the equipment into Hill Yard for the night.

At the very center of Hill Yard, it is evident how the entire fleet of Metra/BNSF suburban trains fits overnight. Two or three trains are parked in each track in the "Silver Yard".

Seven of the Metra/BNSF suburban trainsets are visible in this shot from the East End of Hill Yard.

It is 1 AM and nothing is stirring...except for the coach cleaners preparing these trainsets for the morning rush to Chicago.

Metra 197 rests with the rest of the Metra/BNSF suburban fleet at Hill Yard, ready for the morning parade in just a few short hours.

This Eastbound Control Signal restricts movement from the North Platform as a Metra commuter train departs the South Platform and heads into Hill Yard for the night after a long day of moving comm... (more)

Having been received new from the CSX just 6 days earlier, consecutively numbered BNSF 7773, 7774, and 7775 are at the very beginning of their careers as they race west on the Chicago Sub between ... (more)