On a very cold afternoon, a Metra double header descends the hill into Downers Grove.

That sculpture won't last too long on this 45F day

Another Metra cruises west in the waning hours of daylight.

192 and 197 lead the double header into Belmont for their stop.

An extra inbound train throttles up and heads past Belmont. Main Street will be his last stop and then it's "HIGHBALL" from there to Chicago!

After getting the green, the conductor is just about to board the flip-back to Chicago

Traffic stops as Metra 186 leads an afternoon Suburban into the station at Riverside on Main Track 1.

The evening sun lights up the nose of Metra 197 as it shoves an eastbound commuter train toward Riverside on its way from Aurora to Chicago.

Metra 186 shoves an Eastbound Dinkie at speed on Main Track 3 under the EJ&E overpass at East Eola. This is at MP 33 on the BNSF Chicago Subdivision.

An eastbound empty rushes toward the city on main 3 as a loaded express high balls west on main two. (Photo taken literally 6 min before the sun hit the horizon)

Metra 210 pulls into Joliet Union Station with Train #405.

Departing Naperville

After disembarking at Main Street, Metra 194 and 191 head east towards Chicago passing a fast moving westbound intermodal train lead by three new logoed ES44DC's.

Metra 203 splits the signals at New Lenox Station about to round the curve with an inbound.

It is not evident just how enormous the new signal bridges are on the Chicago Subdivision until a bi-level suburban train is dwarfed as it passes under one. Here Metra 193 is seen passing under t... (more)