Metra 187 pushes a inbound train to Chicago, departing LaGrange.

A doubleheaded inbound Metra ducks under the former IC mainline at LaVergne.

Metra 112 splits the gap between a stopped inbound train and a westbound oil train as it leads a outbound express through Westmont.

BNSF 4627 leads a eastbound manifest through Naperville.

Metra's Operation Livesaver unit leads a outbound train into Westmont.

Metra 185 pushes a inbound deadhead into Clarendon Hills.

The CB&Q signal bridge has just five days to live as a active signal bridge as a eastbound coal train passes under. By the 30th, all the searchlights would be gone.

Amtrak's Phase III heritage P42 leads the Illinois Zephyr under the CB&Q signal bridge at Fairview and its replacement. Just 16 days later the CB&Q signal bridge would be removed.

As sunset nears, a outbound Metra arrives into Belmont.

KCS SD70ACe 4164 and a CITX SD9043MAC make for a nice pair, leading a oil train west through Westmont.

The trees are finally blooming in Westmont as a outbound Metra arrives into the station.

Amtrak's Phase II heritage unit leads the National Train Day excursion out of Union Station, passing a nice searchlight signal.

The westbound Southwest Chief pulls into Naperville for a station stop as the second unit smokes like a steam engine.

A pair of classic Warbonnets pass under another classic, one of the last CB&Q signal bridges left in operation.

BNSF SD70ACe 9083 leads a coal train east through Downers Grove, passing contractors removing the codeline.