A Metra train is seen from the famous Roosevelt overpass

Burlington Northern EMD E9 No. 9907 sits alongside two of its replacements—Metra EMD F40PHM-2 Nos. 189 and 191—at Hill Yard in Aurora, Illinois, on February 22, 1992. Metra bought 30 of these ... (more)

A pair of Metra commuter trains operating on their BNSF Line have arrived at the western-most point of their trip, and will be departing soon to head back to downtown Chicago. METX F40PHM-2 191 a... (more)

Doubleheaded power on an evening westbound headed for Aurora.

Changing of the guard
On February 22, 1992, Burlington Northern commuter trains to Aurora, Illinois, were still being hauled by some vintage BN EMD E9s, but new Metra F40PHM-2 locomotiv... (more)

With sunrise approaching and blue in the north sky becoming brighter 191 shoves a Burlington West Line service toward Union Station.

Westbound train 1271 pulls into Hinsdale Station.

Another minute goes by, another train goes by. Chicago Union Station is a busy place.

An evening commuter service out of Chicago Union Station races through the turnouts and slip switches, with a friendly engineer at the throttle.

A Metra commuter train departs for Aurora as it is dwarfed by the surrounding Chicago skyline.

An outbound Metra "dinky" from Chicago led by METX F40PHM-2 No. 191 comes into Naperville, Illinois along the "Racetrack" or BNSF's Chicago Subdivision on June 24, 2016.

Metra heads east through a small flurry

Metra 191 heads back to the city.

A Pacing shot of train 1249 between West Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills.