Metra F59PHI 92 races past Tower B17 with an outbound express train.

IRM's Metra F7A and CNW F7A make a run by at the Illinois Railway Museum at the conclusion of the first day of diesel days.

An old metra F40 brings the 915 outbound set through downtown lemont approaching his station stop.

Metra 171 leads an eastbound commuter train across the diamond at West Chicago on a warm, summer evening.

View above Taylor Street
After hauling a load of commuters to Chicago Union Station, freshly-painted Metra F40PH-2 No. 183 passes the wash building as it heads to Metra’s coach yard a... (more)

Metra MDN train 2141 rolls in to the sweet light, as it is just seconds from arriving at Fox Lake.

One of the few remaining unrebuilt Metra F40PHM-2s leads an outbound express through LaGrange.

Metra 186 leads a center track express though LaGrange.

Behind windows tinted in green, commuters wait to depart Chicago Union Station riding Bi-level Metra trains homeward on November 8, 2017.

Metra 194 arrives at the Route 59 Metra Station with some of the final rush passengers in tow. Meanwhile, another amazing summer backdrop unfolds as storms begin to organize to the south.

Metra 308 leads CNW 411 and the bilevel train west past the CNW semaphores at West Switch in Union. The 308 was one of many unusual units IRM pulled out for Diesel Days this year.

A couple F units put on a great show as the bilevel train splits the semaphores at Olsen Road.

Metra F40PHM-2 199 leads a commuter train out of Chicago Union Station. In the back ground Hostlers switch tracks with venerable Metra 3, a SW1200 built for the Milwaukee Road. The Tall building ... (more)

Hostlers on SW1200 Metra 3 built for the Milwaukee Road move two recently acquired F59PHIs into the Metra shops. The F59PHIs are now in service with Metra...