The 2019 Operation North Pole trainset departs Glen Ellyn with a inbound.

As the greatest skyline of all stands tall in great light, Metra's two remaining F40C's sit quietly at the Western Avenue Shop in Chicago. For years, they awaited a rebuild that, at least to this ... (more)

On a snowy November 11, 2019, an outbound Metra commuter train led by EMD F40PHM-3 No. 192 passes under the signal bridge at CP Taylor south of Chicago Union Station.

NIRC 4 holds in Blue Island with a work train.

Sporting the latest Metra paint scheme after it's rebuild, METX 193 leads a mid afternoon outbound train from the city through Western Springs.

Metra's CB&Q heritage unit accelerates from it's station stop on a beautiful afternoon in the West Suburbs on the Race Track.

Metra's CB&Q heritage unit accelerates from it's station stop on a beautiful afternoon in the West Suburbs on the Race Track.

Metra's CB&Q heritage unit leads an outbound into Westmont.

Metra's new CB&Q heritage unit rolls into Western Springs for a stop.

Metra 190 trailing at Naperville Illinois.

An inbound Metra commuter train off the BNSF line to Aurora, Illinois, is about to pass under the signal bridge at Roosevelt Road approaching Chicago Union Station on November 11, 2019. Amtrak’s C... (more)

Metra 209 leads an outbound train into Vermont St in Blue Island.

A Metra commuter train waits for departure at Chicago Union Station on November 11, 2019.

With their fluted side panels, Metra's F40C diesels were interesting beasts. At Tower B-12 in Franklin Park, Illinois, an inbound North Central Service commuter train is being shoved by F40C 612 ... (more)

Metra EMD F40PH-3 No. 122 leads a commuter train out of Chicago Union Station towards the BNSF/Metra coach yard along Canal Street on a snowy November 11, 2019