This scene is long gone, with a massive sky scraper built over this portion of the exit from the north platforms of Chicago Union Station. But 17 years ago, if one showed up in the longer days of ... (more)

Metra F40 109 shoves an inbound commuter train as it pounds across the diamonds at the Tower A2 interlocking, where the Milwaukee District crosses over the Geneva Subdivision. The tower here is on... (more)

UPY GP15-1 711 pushes a Metra set into OTC. It was a very hazy day in Chicago due to wildfire smoke from Canada.

Metra 87 approaches downtown Chicago with a inbound UPW train.

Metra 99 leads a outbound train under the signal bridge at CP Morgan in Chicago.

Box Capped By A Geep. On Monday, October 3, 2022, Union Pacific Railroad GP15AC UPY 729 (ex-MP 1729, EMD, 12/1982) was brought out to tow Metra METX 156 (Village of Barrington, 4/1983) and ... (more)

Picture Perfect Two Metra trains meet near Ogilvie Transportation Center.

Metra's Milwaukee Road Heritage locomotive leads the Metra employee shuttle between Chicago's Union Station and their Western Ave. Shop for employee appreciation day, conducted 08/06/22.

Metra 130 leads a outbound train into the Kenosha Sub at Clybourn as it prepares to make a station stop.

Metra 104, painted in a new scheme honoring the city of Chicago, leads a outbound NCS train past Tower A-2.

Metra 81 heads West out of the city with a outbound.

A deadhead move from Joliet to the Western Avenue Coach Yard sports Metra's newest, the "Honoring Chicago" F40. It's seen shoving past Amtrak's 18th Street Facility on a sunny, but unsea... (more)

Metra 88 leads a outbound out of the city as a Heritage Corridor set heads inbound.

Metra F40 109 shoves on the rear of an inbound commuter train arriving in Chicago.

The morning rush hour is winding down as Metra train 1232 from the western suburb of Brookfield, making all the local stops en route, passes through the maze of trackage at Control Point Taylor as... (more)