BNSF 4723....Why does that number sound so familiar?

196 and 200 bring a double header into Belmont, slowing down for a stop.

84 and 7 slowly proceed west past Belmont, picking up speed with the outbound California Zephyr.

A pair of BN exec. SD70's idle away crewless on this frigid evening.

BNSF 7694 West rolls through Downers Grove, IL

Traffic at the busy Maple Ave. road crossing in the back ground wastes no time crossing behind this westbound Metra as it glides under the signal bridge at Fairview just prior to its scheduled 3:1... (more)

After dumping about 12 inches of snow overnight, the clouds are only now just starting to break up as METX 187 pulls into Main Street Station.

It's Saturday morning but the sled hill's already worn pretty well since just about every school was closed Friday.

Metra makes a grand entrance into the station.

Looks like this commuter was waiting so long for his train that he froze...

BNSF does a little replowing, passing a big chunk of snow the village mini-plows left on the platform.

Noseless.

The CN's Chicago-Kansas City manifest travels west, illuminating the signal bridge and RoW. It slowed down while passing because the next crossing's signals had been malfunctioning.

Pigeons take flight at the arrival of the Southwest Chief. The GM&O "Patron Tequila Express" private car and 4 BNSF business cars were tacked on the end.

Relatively new GEVO meanders through town with westbound empties. The train had to stop soon after due to switch problems ahead holding up trains.