Fresh from a cosmetic makeover at their Western Avenue shops for National Train Day, this old Metra soldier earns her keep, transporting commuters outbound to Fox Lake, IL., just as she has been r... (more)
Metra #2223 heads west past Tower B-17 on the Elgin Sub.
On a hazy late summer afternoon, three commuter E units swap stories while parked in the Des Plaines coach yard on their weekend layover. No doubt, the CNW units are asking the newly-repainted RTA... (more)
308 along with 305, both ex-CNW, sit in operable conditon waiting for their next call to duty
After waiting for a BNSF Dash 9 to highball through, Metra 405 begins to move through Aurora, as BNSF 6899 Bluebonnet SD40-2, NS SD60, and BNSF C44-9W head back into Eola.
A Metra w/b, led by class unit 600, clears the IHB diamonds at Franklin Park, IL. 23MAR89
Metra #6 SW1500 double headed by F40PH 116 passes another Metra.
After I called BNSF about the broken-off gate here, they sent a flagman who got out of the cab of this F40 at the crossing. The F40 blew it's horn many times here and then proceeded. The flagman s... (more)
