Metra MP36 423 sits at Franklin Park with a rush hour outbound waiting to depart for Elgin.

Metra 418 powers a local past the "Taste of Roselle" and the crowd. The trains were quite the sight to the unsuspecting crowd.

Accelerating away from downtown, Metra 421 takes passengers happily home around 4:15pm.

This Metra train is bookin' it as he notches out and departs Union Station with the Chicago skyline in the background. Canon 350D.

METX 421 sits in CUS's North Concourse, awaiting departure.

While on the way to Ogilvie, we pass two MP36s in the north end of Union Station.

A west bound commuter arrives ten minutes late due to track work.

403 underneath the famed Highlands Bridge.

Framed by the South Gate of Silver Cross Field, home of the Joliet Jackhammers, and outbound Metra train departs Joliet Union Station as a storm front moves in, eventually forcing a rain delay and... (more)

Outbound Metra blasts out of town honking for the people lined up on the northern platforms of the locomotives parked at Railroad Daze.

Metra 412 pulls south into the station as a passenger waits for the northbound...

Metra 422 runs through the crazy track work leaving Blue Island.

Metra MP36 #407 and its long rush hour train prepare to slam the UP and BNSF diamonds as it approaches its final stop at Joliet Union Station.

Outbound MPI locomotive in the late afternoon sun passes under an iron signal bridge.