CB&Q's Golden 4-8-4 To celebrate the centennial of the opening of its Chicago to Aurora, Illinois line, the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy very temporarily painted its king of fan trips, Nor... (more)

The BRCGAL sat all day at Eola, and took off just a few minutes shy of the Metra rush.

A "winnebago" leads its dinky west just minutes from the end of the trip.

Waiting for their crews.

Two blue bonnets work at Eola.

EJE 663 takes off from Eola with the state line coal. Get the J while you can, the future hold no promises...

Metra MP36 404 leads an outbound train past Eola Yard.

A commuter train begins its run from Aurora to Chicago. The two large gold color circle stickers on the unit's nose are for the CB&Q's 100th year of serving the Chicago suburbs. Aurora Tower can... (more)

'Fox in the henhouse!' Tucked in between the veteran E9's, the new Metra 'Winnebago' tries to blend in. So soon the E's will be gone from the 'Racetrack'.

A RailPicture.net member updated this information. This CNW equipment is actually the Illinois Zepher. CNW sold this train to Burlington Northern.

The conductor is ready to go as he waits for his engineer to return from the BNSF facility. Once the crew is aboard, the train will depart for Rochelle.

The conductor climbs aboard as R CHI472 prepares to depart Eola for Rochelle.

A nice pair of Santa Fe Bluebonnets switch the Eola Yard.

Four brand new BNSF SD70ACe's, a BNSF SD70MAC and a BNSF GEVO head west past Eola Yard. They went further west to gain access to the yard trackage. Once they backed into the yard, they picked up a... (more)