Metra 143, the "Village of Glen Ellyn," basks in the evening sun on a siding near the Crystal Lake Metra station.

A cosmetically restored North Shore Electroliner sits by the Illinois Railway Museum's 50th Avenue station. There is still work to be done on this train, in terms of restoring the interior, and m... (more)

An unscheduled Sunday Metra outbound train zooms under the signal bridge near the La Grange Road Metra station.

Metra outbound train 627 arrives at the Pingree Road Metra Station.

My favorite diesel at the Illinois Railway Museum: the Southern Pacific SD7, still in operational condition, and often seen pulling passenger trains on the museum's demonstration mainline. This i... (more)

Chicago Aurora & Elgin interurbans 308 and 309 zoom across the Kishwaukee River bridge on the Illinois Railway Museum's demonstration mainline.

Metra trains bask in the final minutes of sunshine as they are parked for the night in the sidings near the Crystal Lake Metra station.

Metra 174 is bringing it's outbound train to it's next stop: the Crystal Lake Metra station.

Metra 162 leads it's outbound evening train down the single track McHenry branchline.

Five Metra F40PH-2 locomotives spend the weekend in the Elburn Metra yard, waiting for the Monday morning rush.

Metra outbound train 641 races towards the Pingree Road Metra station, with two F40PH's in front.

Metra outbound train 505, pulled by Metra 166, and EMD F40PH-2, approaches the platforms of the Wheaton Metra station, about five minutes behind schedule.

During the last minutes of daylight, Metra 158 zooms down the Union Pacific Northwest Line towards Crystal Lake pulling the evening express.

Metra 106, the "City of Lockport" pulls the first ever Saturday outbound train as it approaches the Laraway Road Metra Station. This is the first day of Saturday service on Metra's Southwest Serv... (more)

Two Union Pacifc GP15-1's sit idling on a cold Valentine's Day.