It's a cold and snowy night, less than a week before Christmas as 2131 makes its pull to clear the signal at Fox Lake West, before shoving into the coach yard. Vets unit #120 provides the power.

The headlight from an approaching Metra train illuminates the scene as NIRC 11 sits tied down at Fox Lake East. #11 is in charge of a work train, awaiting its call to duty on Monday morning.

A rebuilt F59PH leads an ex-Amtrak F59PHi into the final stop in this trip for Metra Milwaukee District North train 2135.

It’s a busy and hot Friday summer afternoon out on Fox Lake, people out boating, and fishing as WAMX 3894 and Metra 405 lead the Richard Oppenheim Retirement Special at a snails pace over Fox La... (more)

WSOR and Metra jointly ran a retirement special round trip from Chicago to Janesville, WI using Metra's Milwaukee Road heritage unit and 4 private cars, besides the WSOR unit powering the train. ... (more)

T4 heads for Metra territory as it passes Fox lake and the Fox River on a rare daylight run to Chicago.

Milwaukee District North train 2140 cleared the mainline at Fox Lake for the daylight move of WSOR's T001X. Here the WAMX 4171 leads it's train past the METX 405 at the Fox Lake depot.

WAMX 4171, a former Rock Island SD40-2, leads a rare daylight T-001X through Fox Lake, Illinois.

A Metra outbound train, led by a single F40PH-3, meets a pair of WSOR units at the Fox Lake station. It’s rare to see a meet between the two railroads in daylight. Wisconsin Southern usually ope... (more)

METX 100, sporting the old RTA wrap for the 40th anniversary sits in fox lake yard to the newly rebuilt METX 217.

WAMX 4223, a flared radiator SD40, leads an extremely early WSOR T001 north through Fox Lake. Also pictured is the new signal cantilever at CP Fox Lake West.

Metra Illinois and Hiawatha MP-36 sit out in the open after arrival 7:19 Milwaukee North train from Union Station. Exisiting Light.

Metra's newest honorary unit, to honor the state of Illinois and the six-county region Metra serves. The 402 is seen here, pared with 405, the Milwaukee Road heritage unit.

Metra 402, which was recently repainted into a special “State Of Illinois” paint scheme, sits at the Fox Lake coach yard after pulling outbound train 2143 into town.

Metra MDN train 2141 rolls in to the sweet light, as it is just seconds from arriving at Fox Lake.