After leading train 2243 in from Chicago, METX 500 ties up on the River Track in Elgin. Decorated for Christmas, it looks good alongside the Fox River on this cold November evening.

F40PH #124 still soldiers for more than 40 years moving commuters between home and work.

Metra 104, the Chicago unit, sits in Elgin waiting to depart with train 2724. For the first time this year, Metra has decorated several trains (five total) with Christmas decorations.

KCS SD70MAC 3967 leads CPKC 252 East through downtown Elgin.

An inbound departs after boarding passengers at National Street Station in Elgin, while an investigation is going on with the outbound on the left. Apparently they struck a pedestrian here... howe... (more)

Warren & Saline River Railroad 73 (Whitcomb 70T) and Chicago Transit Authority/Chicago Rapid Transit 5001 (Pullman Standard, 1947) sit on display at the Fox River Trolley Museum in Elgin, Illinois... (more)

Aurora, Elgin, and Fox River 5 (GE 45T) is original to the operation of the line that became the museum. It is seen at the Fox River Trolley Museum in Elgin, Illinois on Sunday, December 27, 2020

METX 405 is in charge of an outbound train to Big Timber Road on a beautiful day.

Former Cascades AMTK 468 shoves on an inbound train to the city. Of note is the removal of the skirts to expose the fuel tank.

METX 402 is tied up for the day soaking in all the sun sporting it's State of Illinois paint scheme.

One of CP's Military tribute units leads CP 650 east past the windmill in downtown Elgin.

SOO 6027 leading and 6026 trailing bracket two CSX motors with an Ethanol train past the Metra station at Elgin, Illinois. Line is former Milwaukee Road now CP Savanna to Bensenville.

DM&E 6368 leads CP 472 east into Elgin.

Triple Death Stars

Three Illinois Central SD70’s work the former EJ&E yard in Spaulding, Illinois. The death stars are twenty years old this month.

A pair of nearly-new Canadian National ET44AC’s leads a southbound tank train across the diamonds at CP Spaulding. The second unit is wearing a special CN 100th anniversary scheme.