Metra 2121 arrives at Grayslake as the Milwaukee Road heritage unit holds the siding.

Metra 181 waits to depart the Aurora Transportation Center with an inbound.

Next stop St-Lambert then Montreal Central Station as VIA Rail Ocean racing westward on the St-Hyacinthe Subdivision on a cold and crisp morning.

VIA F40PH-3s 6434 and 6454 pass under the Northeast Anthony Henday Drive with the westbound Canadian.

Metra 141 departs out of Barrington with a outbound train.

Overnight light snow has tapered off with the sound of ice crashing into the bridge as an all stainless steel lengthy Ocean rumbles above the Richelieu River with locomotives 6418 6457 6459 and ca... (more)

VIA Rail No. 1, the westbound Canadian, slips by a mountain lake at Henry House, Alberta, on August 5, 2016. The Two EMD F40PH-3s have the 24-car train well at hand and are heading for a welcome s... (more)

VIA's 40th anniversary unit 6454 with 6457 and 6451 leads E/B train 14 The Ocean, arrives at Bathurst, NB VIA Rail station on November 24, 2018 after season's first snow storm.

VIA F40PH-3s 6410 and 6453 lead the westbound Canadian through Ashcroft.

Metra 177 departs out of Elmhurst with a outbound.

The Ocean with a Budd full stainless steel consist is approaching its final destination Montreal as it crosses the Richelieu River at Beloeil.

Metra 101 pushes a inbound train past Tower B-17 in Bensenville.

The westbound Canadian soars high above CP's Thompson Sub and the Fraser River at Cisco, BC.

A snow covered VIA F40PH-3 6419 brings up the rear of VIA #84 east of Guelph on GEXR's Guelph Sub.

With F40PH-3s on either end, VIA #84 speeds away from Guelph on GEXR's Guelph Sub.