A pair of Metra commuter trains operating on their BNSF Line have arrived at the western-most point of their trip, and will be departing soon to head back to downtown Chicago. METX F40PHM-2 191 a... (more)

Metra train 512, weekend service from downtown Chicago to Elburn, rolls into the Villa Park station on the Union Pacific/West Line. METX F40PH 148, named Village of Fox Lake, was built by ... (more)

Metra trains wait out the commuter’s work day laying over at the BNSF/Metra coach yard along Canal Street (since CB&Q days, nicknamed the Zephyr Pit) at Chicago, Illinois, in a view from Rooseve... (more)

An eastbound Metra commuter train meets a westbound empty coal train just west of La Fox, IL.

A westbound Metra commuter train passes under the UP signals just west of La Fox, IL.

A group of Metra FP40PH locomotives rest on a quiet Sunday afternoon at the Elburn Terminal.

Metra 99 pushes a inbound into River Grove.

Metra 917 finishes up their trip to Joliet as they cross UD Tower, and prepare to shove onto the connection into the Rock Island Coach Yard. Metra 409 can be seen in the distance arriving into Jol... (more)

Blue Island bound Rock Island #615 departs LaSalle Street Station 8 minutes behind schedule.

Metra commuter train 918 crosses the lift bridge over the South Branch of the Chicago River as it nears the end of its journey on the Heritage Corridor Line from Joliet to downtown Chicago's Union... (more)

Metra SouthWestern Line commuter train 810 has arrived on the Amtrak Terminal’s trackage (in this case, Track 5) and is passing the Amtrak 14th Street maintenance facility. Arrival at Chicago U... (more)

Three of a kind at the coach yard as METX 89. 77 and 85 all wait for Monday as they layover the weekend.

The conductor checks the platform as NCS 117 makes the stop at Round Lake Beach. The recently rebuilt 98 leading the way on a wet evening.

Metra 113 heads west across Gougar Rd with MP36PH-3S 424 leading the way for Joliet, while doing every bit of trackspeed plowing its way through a plow line from the previous nights snowstorm whic... (more)