Metra returns the favor to the platform snowplow.
Looks like this commuter was waiting so long for his train that he froze...
BNSF does a little replowing, passing a big chunk of snow the village mini-plows left on the platform.
From atop the DuPage County Courthouse and Fairgrounds parking garage, we shoot the UP 2001, 3300, and 1995 for the first time. We almost got skunked by the westbound train, which was going very s... (more)
UP 2001, 3300, and 1995 accelerate out of the holding point in Wheaton. The bridge was once a railroad bridge but now carries a bike path.
The CN's Chicago-Kansas City manifest travels west, illuminating the signal bridge and RoW. It slowed down while passing because the next crossing's signals had been malfunctioning.
Pigeons take flight at the arrival of the Southwest Chief. The GM&O "Patron Tequila Express" private car and 4 BNSF business cars were tacked on the end.
A pair of predecessor schemes cross over I-294 as seen from Chicago Avenue. This westbound empty had 3 coal loads mid-train for an unknown reason.
7627 sweeps around Calendar Curve - so called because CB&Q used it quite often in their company calendars.
Relatively new GEVO meanders through town with westbound empties. The train had to stop soon after due to switch problems ahead holding up trains.
The Galena Limited, a special train sponsored by the 20th Century Railroad Club, is already 2 hours late when it passes this eastbound at Downers.
Amtrak passes as purple slides into 2nd base.
Of course the inning ended right before the train came so nobody was on the field...
A DC duo of heritage locomotives drags a coal train east.
Crossing Main Street with some fall colors and cornstalk decorated lightpoles.