Metra MP36PH-3S No. 426 leads a westbound Metra commuter train past the tower at Rondout, Illinois, on Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road main line and is clattering over the EJ&E, that just became part of Canadian National, on April 17, 2009.
Chicago's huge commuter rail system incorporates routes previously operated by Chicago & Northwestern, Milwaukee Road, Burlington, Illinois Centrak, Rock Island, Gulf Mobile & Ohio and Wabash (N&W).