Southbound San Joaquin.

A westbound Metrolink train rolls into Burbank, CA at the Bob Hope Station.

One of Metra's new ex-Amtrak Surfliner F59PHI's leads an outbound commuter train as it passes under the PRR signal bridge at CP Morgan on the Milwaukee District.

Southbound San Joaquin races toward Modesto Station.

Running about an hour late, Amtrak train 77 picks up speed after stopping at the depot in downtown Greensboro, NC on March 18, 2019.

Twenty-seven years. Built in 1992, EMD F59PH (now F59PHR) #861 can still be seen powering Metrolink commuter trains around Southern California for several years to come given its status as ... (more)

A favorite train watching location in the Puget Sound Region is along Sunset Blvd. in Edmonds, just north of the ferry slip. BNSF's mainline hugs the shoreline, and numerous Amtrak, Sounder and BN... (more)

Metra F59PHI 84 pushes a inbound deadhead past Tower A-2.

An outbound Metra train is just out of Union Station as it passes CP Morgan with a former Amtrak F59PHI leading the way.

An F59PHI accelerates from its station stop at Western Avenue as it passes the Milwaukee Road searchlights at Tower A2.

Difficult to tell through the heat distortion of 73's exhaust, however, two F59PHi locomotives take outbound trains though the north side of Chicago.

Former Amtrak Cascades 470 pushes an inbound train to Chicago on a rare sunny day of which have been few and far between this winter.

At first, I put "Amtrak" into the locomotive portion of the photo details. I guess I'm just not used to these being on Metra yet! Metra #84, still wearing Surfliner paint, is a long way off from h... (more)

Amtrak Piedmont train 77 approached its station stop at Cary, North Carolina. The building to the left is the historic Page-Walker Hotel, now an arts and history center as well as an event venue.

Metra F59PHI 91 leads a outbound train through Franklin Park.