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.

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.

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.

Metra 120, the Veterans unit leads Heritage Corridor 915 South into Lemont.

Metra 120, the Veterans unit, leads Southwest Service train 819 into Palos Park.

METX 120, Metra's F40PH-3 that is newly painted in a scheme to honor those who have served in our Armed Forces, idles on a stub track at the downtown Elgin, IL Metra station, where it will partake... (more)

It's a cold night in Mundelein and Christmas is just around the corner. NCS train 117 is making its station stop with the Metra Veteran's unit in charge.

METX 120, Metra's F40PH-3 newly painted in a stylized Veterans tribute scheme, rolls into the Schiller Park Metra station with NCS train 117, American flag eagle prominently displayed on the nose.

After meeting Grayslake flip #2115, train #2136 throttles up out of its Grayslake station stop and crosses Mill Creek, which is slowly beginning to thaw out from the somewhat above normal temperat... (more)

The new Veteran's unit skirts a frozen Cedar Lake on its way out of Lake Villa on Christmas Eve.

Earlier this week, Metra debuted F40PH #120 in a brand new paint scheme saluting veterans across the United States Armed Forces. Here, the handsome loco is seen arriving at the Joliet Transportati... (more)

The Eagle Has Landed. After completing its run from Chicago to Elgin on train #2243, Metra's new "Honoring All Who Served" Veteran's unit is seen tying down along the Fox River in... (more)

Metra 120, the new Veterans unit, sits in Joliet after arriving with train 433.

Metra 120, the new Veterans unit, leads Rock island train 433 West into Tinley Park.