At the end of rush hour on a frigid morning, right before my shutter stopped working, two Metra trains depart Chicago Union Station for the service yards, while a third (far right) arrives with an... (more)

This outbound Metra passes under the BNSF signal bridge, at La Grange.

Metra returns the favor to the platform snowplow.

Metra 190 heads west through Aurora approaching its final stop at Aurora Transportation Center (ATC).

The evening dinky rush in full swing as this one heads west.

Metra 190 throttles up heading for the Aurora Transportation Center as he flies by McClure Road, shooting out a puff of black smoke.

A normal Metra in late afternoon light. I thought the center beam from E249's train added something to the shot.

An extra inbound train throttles up and heads past Belmont. Main Street will be his last stop and then it's "HIGHBALL" from there to Chicago!

The illusion of a stainless steel wall is created by a moving commuter train at night.

Invisible except for the yellow dots left by its flashing cab beacon, Metra 190 shoves the last train of the day into the coach yard at Aurora.

All is quiet at Aurora, but in just a few hours these trains will put on a show that is had to beat as they are the cast for the morning dinkie parade to Chicago.

An afternoon dinky slows down to stop on the center track on the crossing. As you can see the other two tracks are occupied by another Metra and MoW. The conductor hangs out of the 2nd car so he c... (more)

190 smokes it up as it pulls its train out of the LaGrange Road station, only to stop 2000FT west at the Stone Avenue Station

F40PHM 190 is covered in snow as it shoves its train slowly twards Main Street Station