Burlington Northern commuter trains at Aurora, Illinois, were being powered by both venerable BN EMD E9s and new Metra EMD F40PHM-2 locomotives on February 22, 1992.
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)
A westbound commuter train speeds through Berwyn, Illinois, in a panned photograph made on December 23, 1988. This Metra train is led by venerable Burlington Northern E9A No. 9907, originally buil... (more)
Fresh painted E9A 9907 poses at the BN yards of Chicago after beeing rebuilt at Morrison Knudson's at Boise, Idaho
BN 9907 and 9908 making a run for the suburbs with a Dinkey so called because they were once small compared to the CB&Q's intercity trains. This Dinkey will make very few stops between Chicago and... (more)
BN 9907 and 9908 pushing into Union Station from the coach yard a commuter train (called a Dinkey because they were once small compared to the CB&Q's intercity trains). This Dinkey will make very ... (more)
Metra commuter train behind a classic cab unit hustles west.