METX 119 leads an outbound with 2 F40PH-3s for power on a cold November evening.

Metra 211 F40PHM-2 is leaning into the high speed curve on the approach to the suburban station at Lisle, IL. This locomotive has recently been repainted into a CB&Q Zephyr inspired paint, and is ... (more)

Metra trains wait out the work day laying over at the BNSF/Metra coach yard along Canal Street (since CB&Q days, nicknamed the Zephyr Pit) at Chicago, Illinois, as seen from Roosevelt Road on a sn... (more)

Metra 308 the bilevel train east past the searchlight at Seemann Rd.

Departing Metra’s Stone Avenue Station in La Grange, Illinois, is train 1264, making its way from the western suburb of Aurora to downtown Chicago on November 11, 2019. This six-car mid-day tra... (more)

The snow has stopped – for now – as Metra train 1231 arrives in Berwyn, Illinois, on November 11, 2019. This train, carrying mid-day passenger s from downtown Chicago to the suburb of Aurora ... (more)

Metra commuter train 2230 (Elgin to Chicago) departs the Bensenville, Illinois, station on a snowy November 11, 2019. This train, led by Nippon Sharyo cab car 8548, has F59PHI 73 shoving on the r... (more)

Metra 73 leads an outbound into Elmwood Park

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

Metra 117 leads an outbound express through Westmont.

Metra 204 departs New Lenox with an inbound.

An ex-Amtrak F59, now owned by Metra, leads an outbound commuter train under the former PRR signal bridge at CP Morgan during rush hour on a March evening.

METX 211, the newest CB&Q Heritage Unit on the roster, pauses next to the CBQ Fairview Ave. station built in the early 1900s.

A rather old Metra F40 cruises past a crewless L545 with a BLE tunnel motor in charge on a warm summer evening.

Metra 73 leads an outbound train into Franklin Park.