METX SW1500 #5 shuffles cars around Western Avenue as numerous trainsets await the big rush that would come in a few short hours.
Metra 5 pulls a few ballast cars towards a siding east of Bensenville to tie down for the day, after working the Elgin Subdivision since earlier that morning.
On a cold afternoon, Metra 5 trundles over the St. Charles Air Line, headed for a different Metra yard.
Metra 5 rolls out from the "Zephyr Pit." It will head over the St. Charles Air Line and rejoin Metra tracks at 16th Street Interlocking.