Van Buren Street. Outbound Metra Electric District train 115, led by Highliner II car no. 1247 (Nippon Sharyo, 2012-2016) arrives at Van Buren Street Station, deep in the trench along G... (more)
METX #509 (EMD SD70MACH) leads Milwaukee District West line train no. 2235 at Tower B-12 in Franklin Park, IL.
Metra 127 departs Maywood with a inbound train.
Westbound Metra West Line train #37 is off from their station stop at the UP shops. The train dropped off a bunch of employees. The group will grab 10 units to the left and head downtown to pick u... (more)
Over 13 parked train sets can be seen here from this view at the Metra Aurora yard over the weekend. There are plenty more sets out of site around the curve. Crazy to see all these train waiting o... (more)
Back in 2019 work is closing in quick to replace these old Rock Island era signals. A Metra outbound train passes under the classic signals on the Joliet Sub. Signals retired October 2022.
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving 2023, UP-NW train #645 accelerates out of Clybourn with locomotive #134 leading, decked out in Christmas lights.
The first revenue trip, leading, for Metra's rebuilt SD70MACHs as 2135 arrives at Long Lake.
Milwaukee District North Line train #2621 with the Milwaukee heritage MP36 is seen through the former West Side Elevated bride at Paulina Street.
A fleet of Metra bi-level cab cars facing Chicago’s Loop with commuter trains, wait out the work day laying over at the BNSF/Metra coach yard along Canal Street at Chicago, Illinois, as seen fro... (more)
Its sure an interesting mix of power at Metra's Western Avenue Yard.
Metra's Milwaukee Road heritage unit shoves North Line train #2614 past Tower A2.
Metra's CB&Q heritage unit is seen working on train 2013 on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Congress Park.
Metra 104, the Chicago unit, sits in Elgin waiting to depart with train 2724. For the first time this year, Metra has decorated several trains (five total) with Christmas decorations.
UP West Line train #61 swings around the corner at Ogden Ave.