Inbound commuter accelerates toward Chicago under heavy exhaust smoke!

This dinky heads for the afternoon Dinky/Amtrak parade via BNSF, to the left up the St. Charles Air Line a BNSF coal train is stopped at a red board as the hostler husles power around for the rest... (more)

Inbound train heading into Chicago Union Station.

Santa Fe Bluebonnet GP50 3192 prepares to head back into the yard with its cut of cars. Meanwhile, Metra 189 leads its outbound towards the Aurora Transportation Center.

$250 for the crossing, but death to an unfortunate man who crossed the tracks right about where the train is in the photo just a few hours earlier.

The conductor hangs out the doorway as the the train begins to pull away. Pretty soon, this scene will change slightly when operations change over to the new 143rd St. Station(currently under cons... (more)

189 highballs with another express to Naperville.

Metra 189 throttles up out of La Grange and heads for its next stop in Brookfield.

An afternoon Metra scoots west on a trip to Aurora (no pun intended!).

Metra 189 crosses the pedestrian crossing at Belmont, slowing for a stop.

At the conclusion of a day in La Grange, Metra 189 rolls into the depot. Scanned from ISO 400 print film.

189 slows to a stop at Fairview Ave. in Downers Grove.