Right before sunset, F40C 611 slows for the station stop in Franklin Park.
Most transit agencies would have built a utilitarian "bus shelter" here, but not METRA. They built a classy stone shelter that blends in well with the adjacent structures.
An inbound Metra train passes the little station at Highlands.
Built in 1963 at the nearby GE plant in Erie, NYC 2500 sits with other equipment at the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society.
Brand new BNSF 6967 awaiting delivery next to flat cars carrying new diesel trucks.
With 13 car in tow, the eastbound Lake Shore Limited passes thru North East with 3 Viewliner Sleepers and 1 Viewliner Diner.
An eastbound loaded coal train pulls thru the S-Curve just west of Keystone.
