MP36 415 heads through Wood Dale with train 2223. This was the first time I had ever seen so many modern ADA-compliant cars on a single train.
Somehow Mike Potter and I had a catch on this cold October evening. Seen here is locomotive 426 with train 2227. Don't wear shorts and a T-shirt in October in Chicago.
After waiting for a BNSF Dash 9 to highball through, Metra 405 begins to move through Aurora, as BNSF 6899 Bluebonnet SD40-2, NS SD60, and BNSF C44-9W head back into Eola.
With all due respect to MPI's marketing people, who actually got Metra to buy 20-odd of these, a Panzer with one working track could outrun this thing.
Framed by a pair of trees, an unidentifiable suburban train rolls west behind locomotive 402.
405 pulls hard out of the Faiview Ave. station in Downers Grove.
Two MP36's 412 and 401 are double headed as they depart Joliet on a cool evening.
A true telesmash, a westbound suburban blows west down No. 2 track between Maple Avenue and Washington Street overcrossings in Downers Grove. Scanned from ISO 400 print film.
OK, Now this is rush hour in Chicago! 6 lines intersect making this a great place to railfan! Metra MP36 425 passes a new cab car and sister MP36 415. Meanwhile, on the overhead bridge, Metra F40P... (more)
Two MP36's leave the depot with its passengers walking all over the tracks. These people are setting a wonderful example to the kids... Geez!
405 smokes it up as it accelerates out of DG-Main Street.
METX 415 strolls West into the glowing ball of orange known as the sun.
406 is passed by her sister, 407, at MP21. 407 is doing 65mph on an express to Naperville. Notice 406's silver-ringed windshield and the reflection on 407.
I made sure my 100th photo was something special; so here's a three-way Metra meet with two MP36s.
Picture 25... Ok, I will shoot Metra with it.
