Metra 180 departs Downers Grove Main Street with a outbound train.

An outbound MD-West Metra train departs the Roselle, IL Metra station on the Elgin Subdivision.

Metra 211, the CB&Q heritage unit, leads a outbound train through Downers Grove, passing the historic CB&Q depot at Main Street.

Metra 116 leads a outbound train into Downers Grove.

METX 107 shoves a Heritage Corridor train back to the yard as METX 100 waits for its turn to depart Joliet back to LaSalle Street station in the city.

A (nearly) three way meet! Metra 213 shoves a train toward Chicago as Metra 194 slows to a stop on the far track. If you look closely under 213’s green signal, you can see the headlight of an ... (more)

A METRA commuter train from Chicago has finished its day and backs into the lower coach storage yard off of the wye at Kenosha.

NIRC 11 works a tie replacement job at Rondout Illinois

Metra F59PHI 75 leads a outbound train through Arlington Heights.

Metra 167 leads a outbound train through Arlington Heights.

Metra 162 pushes a inbound train under a old CNW signal bridge on the East side of Des Plaines.

Metra SD70MACH 503 brings up the rear of the 2023 Franklin Park Railroad Daze display set, passing under the B12 signal bridge.

Sitting on the old Rock Island main line at Joliet Union Station is a Metra bi-level commuter train that is about to depart for Chicago on February 22, 1989. The station, built in 1912, once serve... (more)

Metra's Milwaukee Road heritage unit brings up the rear of the 2023 Franklin Park Railroad Daze display set, passing under the B12 signal bridge.

The Metra display for Franklin Park Railroad Days 2023 arrives to the event as It creeps past Tower B12 with a push-pull of Metra 405 the Milwaukee Road heritage locomotive and one of Metra’s br... (more)