EB coal train approaches Elmhurst with an SP DPU at the rear-facing me! Thank you very much, UP ops! head end is pictured in photo 309947

EB loaded coal train slows down as it approaches Elmhurst. The rear-facing SP DPU can be seen in photo 309965.

Two UP freights pass each other through blizzard like conditions at Elmhurst.

WB CN M33791 races to the sunset through Elmhurst.

Two Metra safety Officers watch over the platforms at the Elmhurst station as Rush hour begins and an inbound train heads for Chicago.

A motorcyclist waits patiently as the big mac acting as DPU on this manifest shoves around the curve.

On a beautiful summer evening, a UP manifest rounds the curve in Elmhurst.

A outbound leaves as a inbound arrives into Elmhurst at the beginning of rush hour.

After almost a solid month of rain and clouds, we finally got a nice day just to watch a train with a six unit lashup head west.

A Metra train pulls into Elmhurst station this evening, as commuters get ready to embark from the train. It's a pretty busy rush hour and it seems these trains roll through every few minutes.

A Metra train heads into storm clouds and towards Chicago. It got really dark for a moment, then the sun came out and the clouds started to dissipate by this late evening, as commuters rush to get... (more)