An outbound Metra blasts through the snow as it approaches Naperville for a station stop.

Out with the new and in with the old? Due to a mechanical issue, the SC44 which normally leads the Illinois Zephyrs was out of action. Amtrak decided to put a classic GE Dash 8 on the head end of ... (more)

On Martin Luther King Day, an Amtrak Dash 8 cruises to a stop in Naperville, IL.

Metra 183 pushes an inbound train out of Naperville

The Amtrak Southwest Chief pulls into Naperville for its station stop several hours late

Metra 211 pulls into Naperville to drop off the rush hour commuters

Another look at the new CB&Q Commemorative Locomotive as it hauls a large 12 car set into Naperville.

Metra’s new Chicago Burlington & Quincy commemorative locomotive is seen here pulling into Naperville for a station stop on a freezing winter night.

With the Quincy Wye out of service due to a derailment, Amtrak Midwest BNSF trains need 2 engines instead of the normal one. So on this nights train, an Amtrak Dash-8 takes charge as it crawls int... (more)

Metra 190 trailing at Naperville Illinois.

A pair of CN SD75Is take a coal train west on the BNSF racetrack

Metra 213 in the original livery pulls train 1237 into Naperville as freshly rebuilt Metra 196 in the new livery shoves train 1270 in to Chicago

Some pretty typical BNSF power leads Z-CHCSEA west on the BNSF Racetrack. The train is just beginning it's journey west to Seattle.

Metra 194 arrives at the Route 59 Metra Station with some of the final rush passengers in tow. Meanwhile, another amazing summer backdrop unfolds as storms begin to organize to the south.

BNSF 2632 and an FURX leaser lead M-EOLBRC east through Naperville.