On Veterans Day 2022, Metra Rush Hour is underway at where Noble Street Tower once was as METX 151 heads into the last bit of evening golden hour with Metra 39 for Elburn while Metra’s Heritage ... (more)

An outbound Metra rolls west through Franklin Park.

An outbound Metra rolls west through Brookfield, Ill.

Metra 73 arrives into Elmwood Park with a inbound train.

An outbound Metra train glides into the Arlington Park station to make its stop on this beautiful October evening.

The 2022 AAPRCO special arrives in Joliet after a run from Chicago Union Station and down the Heritage Corridor. From here, the train takes the Rock Island District back to LaSalle Street Station ... (more)

Picture Perfect Two Metra trains meet near Ogilvie Transportation Center.

Soo LIne #1003 2-8-2 steam locomotive was showcased to the Metra's employees during their 2022 employee open house held at the Western Ave. shop.

METX 104 the Chicago unit leads one of 3 outbound Heritage Corridor trains that runs down the CN Joliet Sub during the afternoon rush.

For several years in the early 1990’s, Amtrak would borrow some equipment from Chicago’s Metra to sub for Amtrak trains on the Chicago to Milwaukee “Hiawatha” corridor on Thanksgiving week... (more)

One os Metra's two new ECOs shoves a work train east through Franklin Park.

A late-Fall blizzard has hit the Chicagoland area on Veterans Day 2019. And on this day, Chicago Metra train 1264 makes a stop at the Stone Avenue Station in La Grange, on BNSF’s triple-track C... (more)

One never knew what to expect from Amtrak on the Thanksgiving holiday between Milwaukee and Chicago. Here a Metra E8 leads MILW commuter cars thru Oak Creek in November of 1991. 518 was ex-CNW 503... (more)

WB West Line commuter train with bi-level coaches in both C & NW and METRA colors

Metra 104 the City of Chicago backs off of the BNSF and onto the old Rock Island as it heads for the yard for servicing and staging for tomorrow's rush.