Metra 197 rests with the rest of the Metra/BNSF suburban fleet at Hill Yard, ready for the morning parade in just a few short hours.
This Eastbound Control Signal restricts movement from the North Platform as a Metra commuter train departs the South Platform and heads into Hill Yard for the night after a long day of moving comm... (more)
13 commuter trains can be seen in this photograph, all will be ready for the morning rush to Chicago.
In the belly of the beast, the view of the prime mover in one of Metra's newest motors. The engineer's seat is visible through the door ahead.
The illusion of a stainless steel wall is created by a moving commuter train at night.
Engineer's desktop workstation on Metra 403.
Metra 191 at the West End of Hill Yard.
The green windows that are so familiar to the 60,000 + daily riders on the Metra/BNSF line glow in the night as these coaches are prepped deep within Hill Yard for the morning rush to Chicago.
The view from the engineer's seat on Metra 403 as it sits among the rest of the BNSF fleet at Aurora.
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.
Surrounded by tomorrow morning's eastward parade, Metra 403 rests at Aurora on the BNSF line.
Metra 191 sits at Hill Yard on the BNSF Chicago Subdivision.
A Ronald McDonald House Charities special makes it way east on the EJE as it approaches the flyover of the BNSF at Eola a mile or two ahead.
