METRA EMD FP40PH locomotives, No.139, 158 and 144, close to starting services in the rush hour from Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago, by the viaduct that passes over the Fulton St... (more)

Two For One. Metra F40PH-3s 105 (9/1977) and 119 (10/1977) have just passed under CP Taylor and arrive at Chicago Union Station on the evening of Tuesday, January 26, 2021. The streamlined ... (more)

The sun begins to set during another busy weekday evening in Downtown Chicago as Southwest Service train 823 heads south out of the South Concourse of Chicago Union Station (CUS).

Metra UP-North leaving Chicago out of Ogilvie Transportation Center. The snow had cleared up from the earlier half of the afternoon in time for some of the low sunlight before night would fall. ... (more)

Camper. Metra 200, an F40PHM-2 "Winnebago", leads a train under the tri-lights south of Chicago Union Station.

Rock Island train 713 speeds commuters bound for Joliet out of Chicago

Burlington Northern EMD E9 No. 9921 leads a westbound Metra commuter train out of Chicago on September 1, 1991. Dominating the background is 108-story, 1,450-foot Sears Tower. At completion in 197... (more)

Outbound Rock Island kicking up a bit of snow. Total accumulation ended up at around 10 inches.

Snow is coming down hard on the Metra Electric District but inbound train 220 kicks it back into the air.

Metra F40 122 leads an outbound commuter train from Union Station as it crosses the lift bridge over the Chicago River and heads down the South West District.

Metra 89 leads a outbound train past Tower A-2, meeting a light F40.

Metra F40 154 shoves it's train towards downtown Chicago for its first run of the afternoon, passing through the Tower A2 control point after leaving the coach yard.

After running an inaugural trip to Crystal Lake, Metra's CNW heritage unit along with the State of Corruption's MP36 pull past Tower A2 and into the California Ave Coach Yard.

Inaugural runs for the Chicago and Northwestern heritage locomotive, here the train heads outbound over I90 / I 94, with the METX 402 trailing. Of note, is the Chicago and Northwestern heralds th... (more)