Remarks: 503 rests for the night as 501 pushed back toward the Northstar maintenance facility.
Even though the full moon was a day ago, it still shines bright over the Chicago skyline and the venerable Pennsy signal bridge as an inbound scoot knocks the PL signal down.
420 on 4/20! Metra MP36 420 leads a outbound train into Galewood.
An out bound Metra passenger train heads north out of Chicago Union Station. Construction equipment can be seen on the left preparing the ground for a new high rise apartment building along the ri... (more)
Metra 407 shoves train 210 north out of Blue Island station on a clear February day.
An outbound scoot rolls in front of the Chicago skyline as it begins its journey to the western suburbs.
Metra joins the CP C&M Sub in Rondout as it comes off of the CP Fox Lake Sub with another sunday inbound.
RI533 slaps the scores of St. Charles Airline Diamonds on #1 main on a late night run for Joliet, IL. 533 is the last train out of LaSalle Street and brings an end to Metra's weekday operations fo... (more)
On a late night run to Joliet, the next-to-last outbound Rock Island District train of the evening is just minutes out of LaSalle St. Station as it passes venerable 16th St. Tower. Special thanks... (more)
After enjoying a trackside lunch at a little drive-in called Shorty's in Wood Dale, my Dad observes an outbound scoot head west towards Elgin.
A snowy station meet along the Metra.
An inbound Chicago train is getting ready to depart as a outbound leaves the station heading to Fox Lake.
Metra north service train passes thru Mundelein on CN Waukesha Sub. The track on the far right is the hill track that CN uses for Waukesha Sub trains to access to and from the ex EJ&E and CN's Lei... (more)