Metra's Milwaukee Heritage unit heads towards Union Station in the late afternoon.

State of Illinois Metra unit #402.

Metra Heritage Corridor train 918 is about to end its trip from Joliet to Chicago's Union Station. Metra Cab Car 8412 is on the headend, with F40PHs 124 and 110 shoving on the rear. (Chicago, Il... (more)

As Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief (Los Angeles to Chicago), pulls out of the station, outbound Metra train 1231 pulls in. METX F40PHM-2 206 is powering the Metra commuter tr... (more)

Metra's Milwaukee road heritage unit heads its afternoon run to the suburbs at CP Morgan, just north and west of Union Station.

Metra's Milwaukee road heritage unit backs down from Western Avenue to Union Station for its afternoon run.

Doubleheaded power on an evening westbound headed for Aurora.

Metra Milwaukee Heritage and State of Illinois special paint lead Milwaukee West line train under the throat of Metra's Union Pacific Service line at Ogilvie station. The train will stage at Elgin... (more)

Metra 211, the CB&Q heritage unit, leads train 1277 West through LaVergne.

After taking a shot of METX 90 at Camp Ground Road in Des Plaines last fall, I decided to return to the spot upon hearing of it running in nice afternoon light on the Union Pacific Northwest line.... (more)

Classic Chicago Scene Metra 823 departs OTC for Kenosha, WI with a non-rebuilt F40 leading. This F40PH-2, #138 will soon be rebuilt to the F40PH-3 class.

Surfliner Heritage Metra 509 to Elburn, IL departs with ex-Amtrak F59PHI #82 leading.

CNW Paint On An F59? Metra 721 to Harvard, IL departs Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center with ex-Amtrak F59PHI #90 (formerly 467.) Once an F59 used on Amtrak's Cascades route in the P... (more)

Chicago The obligatory Roosevelt Rd. shot with a friendly engineer sticking out the window.