Metra 211, the CB&Q heritage unit, leads a outbound train into Clarendon Hills.

A Metra train is seen from the famous Roosevelt overpass

A Metra train is seen from the famous Roosevelt overpass

MACH 2. The SD70MACH doubleheader continues on train 2139 as it closes in on the flag stop at Ingleside Station.

A father and son try their luck along the Fox River as the Veteran's unit sails across with UP NW train 643 for McHenry.

Double The MACH, Double The Fun. Milwaukee North train 2139 highballs along Emerald Shores Lake in Ingleside, Illinois with a pair of SD70MACH's for power.

Heading from downtown Chicago's Union Station to the suburb of Aurora is Metra Metropolitan Rail train 1233, powered by METX F40PHM-2 190 and F40PH-2 113 ... a lot of power for a five car train. ... (more)

RTA Heritage, Saturday Edition. SD70MACH #500, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) heritage unit, hustles past Long Lake on its way to Fox Lake with train 2611.

#500 leads train 2616 out of Ingleside, bound for Chicago Union Station on a sunny, Saturday afternoon.

Metra 517 departs Chicago with a outbound train during the golden hour.

120, 217 and 158 spend the night at Waukegan's Coach Yard as temperatures dip into the 30's.

On an unseasonably cold night, the Veteran's unit overnights at the Waukegan Coach Yard as it awaits the next morning's call to duty.

Milwaukee North train 2131 passes Long Lake this evening with F59PH #98 leading. Only a few miles from the destination of Fox Lake, the train would make one more flag stop at the Ingleside station... (more)

It's a cold and snowy night, less than a week before Christmas as 2131 makes its pull to clear the signal at Fox Lake West, before shoving into the coach yard. Vets unit #120 provides the power.

MACH #505 shoves hard with train 2146 as it's just out of the flag stop at Ingleside.