Metra trains wait out the commuter’s work day laying over at the BNSF/Metra coach yard along Canal Street (since CB&Q days, nicknamed the Zephyr Pit) at Chicago, Illinois, in a view from Rooseve... (more)

Brand new Metra 8500 Series Cab Car #8591 passes under the CB&Q Signal Bridge at Naperville with MP36 406 pushing hard at the front.

Brand new 8500-series cab car leads a morning eastbound to Chicago. These cars look really nice, but sadly they are replacing the old CB&Q and BN cab cars. The charcoal in the ballast is from last... (more)