METX 414 (MP36PH-3C) leads outbound commuter train 2247 under the Tower B-12 signals in Franklin Park, IL during the golden hour.

METX 512, one of Metra's popular SD70MACH locomotives, leads an outbound (likely train #2719) under the former Milwaukee Road searchlights comprising the Tower B-12 control point in Franklin Park,... (more)

Metra 164 leads a outbound train into Palatine.

An outbound Milwaukee District West train lead by one of Metra's SD70MACH's slams across the diamond with the CN at Tower B12.

Metra 211, the CB&Q heritage unit, leads a outbound express train past the historic CB&Q depot at LaGrange Road.

Shortly after departing the stop at Prairie Crossing/Libertyville, train 2131 hits the diamond at Grayslake as it makes way for Fox Lake with a former GO Transit F59PH leading.

Metra 211, the CB&Q heritage unit, leads a outbound train into Clarendon Hills.

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.

Milwaukee North train 2131 passes Long Lake this evening with F59PH #98 leading. Only a few miles from the destination of Fox Lake, the train would make one more flag stop at the Ingleside station... (more)

Metra 180 leads a outbound SWS train into the Oak Lawn Patriot station.

Milwaukee District North train 2135 passes MP 42.5 in Hainesville, bound for Fox Lake at a good clip.

On the last day of March, North Central Service train 107 is just out of its stop at Lake Villa. SD70MACH 518 is leading the way by Cedar Lake.

Milwaukee District North Train #2146 is inbound to Chicago as it skirts Long Lake in Ingleside, IL. SD70MACH #517 is providing the power. Pretty strong thunderstorms persisted into the morning, bu... (more)