Bi-level Metra Highliner-equipped commuter trains sit at the end of the former Illinois Central electric main line out of Chicago at University Park, Illinois, on the morning of May 9, 1992. The H... (more)

Sitting on the old Rock Island main line at Joliet Union Station is a Metra bi-level commuter train that is about to depart for Chicago on February 22, 1989. The station, built in 1912, once serve... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD E9 No. 9903 pulls a four-car commuter train into the station stop of Highlands, Illinois, on February 9, 1991. Highlands ended up being a great place to observe BN action w... (more)

An eastbound Metra commuter train rolls toward a stop at Stone Avenue at La Grange, Illinois, on a rainy spring day. It was certainly nice to stay dry under the large, protected eves of the statio... (more)

Metra EMD F40C No. 601 leads a westbound commuter train past Tower B17 at Bensenville, Illinois, on March 3, 1990. Similar looking to Amtrak’s SDP40F, the F40C has unique corrugated side panels ... (more)

Passing Geraniums neatly-planted along the platform at Hinsdale, Illinois, is a westbound Metra “dinky” accelerating after discharging passengers at the station stop on the pleasant spring aft... (more)

A Burlington Northern commuter train, also known locally as a “dinky”, ducks under the signal bridge at Naperville, Illinois, on the afternoon of April 15, 1989. We are 26.2 miles west of Chic... (more)

Electric Highliner
Three Metra Highliner-equipped commuter trains sit at the end of the former Illinois Central electric main line out of Chicago at University Park on the morning of May... (more)

A Metra weekend commuter run from Chicago slows before crossing the ICG/ATSF diamonds and stopping at Joliet Union Station. By this date the former double track Rock Island mainline here was down ... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

Metra F40C leads a rush hour commuter train through Rondout, IL. The train is about to cross the EJ&E diamonds and diverge from the Chicago-Milwaukee mainline to the Fox Lake branch. The train wil... (more)

Metra 405 when it was just another commuter unit. Now the 405 is Metra's Milwaukee Road heritage unit.

One never knew what to expect from Amtrak on the Thanksgiving holiday between Milwaukee and Chicago. Here a Metra E8 leads MILW commuter cars thru Oak Creek in November of 1991. 518 was ex-CNW 503... (more)

A Metra train slows to a stop at the tiny station in Bellwood.