Christmas is right around the corner, and Metra is once again celebrating the holiday season by decorating some of its locomotives in Christmas lights. For this season, METX 211 - the CB&Q heritag... (more)

Chicago Metra commuter train 1245 makes its stop at the carrier's Harlem Avenue Station as the sun sets. METX F40PHM-2 195 is pulling seven gallery cars from downtown Chicago (visible by the Will... (more)

An afternoon Metra train rolls slowly by a track gang working on some of the turnouts.

May 10th, 2024. An inbound Metra train is reaching its final destination of Union Station as it pops out from underneath the Roosevelt Road overpass. The F40PHM-2s "Winnebagos" are a sta... (more)

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)

An outbound train from the city flies through the Congress Park Metra station in the western suburbs.

Coming and going with a pair of Metra commuter trains operating on the BNSF west line in a view from Roosevelt Road overpass on April 17, 2009. Metra EMD F40PHM-2 No. 200 has been idle for a while... (more)

Metra’s Burlington heritage F40PHM-2 leads a westbound commuter train out of Chicago Union Station.

Metra EMD F40PHM-2 No. 188 sits between runs at Aurora, Illinois, on March 15, 1992. Chicago’s regional commuter authority Metra bought 30 of these units in 1991-92. The 3,200 horsepower locomot... (more)

A westbound suburban makes its stops at Riverside as a westbound Z train is hot on its tail on track 2.

Passing Geraniums neatly-planted along the platform at Hinsdale, Illinois, is a westbound Metra “dinky” accelerating after discharging passengers at the station stop on the pleasant spring aft... (more)

A "Winnebago" F40 brings up the rear of Heartland Corridor train 834.

Metra's Burlington heritage unit is seen at Aurora with the former CB&Q roundhouse in the background. Formerly home to Walter Payton's Restaurant, the roundhouse is now home to Two Brothers Brewin... (more)

As Metra train 1253 (with METX F40PHM-2 200 for power) makes a stop at the BNSF Line’s Harlem Avenue Station, Metra train 1255 (behind F40PHM-2 192) speeds through the station on its way to Auro... (more)

Literally heading into the sunset is Metra train 1251, led by F40PHM-2 213, ferrying weary commuters from downtown Chicago to, ultimately, the western suburb of Aurora. (Berwyn, Illinois – Janu... (more)