New color scheme for four units (2255, 2266, 2271 and 2279) which were delivered to CP Porto - suburban trains of Porto area.

More action from a Sept. '59 morning at 21st. St. includes this inbound GM&O suburban train. The 883A would later be repainted in the bright red GM&O colors before being rebuilt at Paducah and rei... (more)

Pennsy suburban from Valpo. IN. hits the diamonds at 21st. St. The 8501 would serve into the Conrail era becoming the CR 5954, present status unknown. Note the distinctive PRR signal bridge in t... (more)

Wabash shows up with a suburban train inbound at 21st St. on a September morning in '59.

CP 3401 with Suburban train Porto - Caíde.

The Cascais-line is the only of CP being electrified by 1500V.

Traffic stops as Metra 186 leads an afternoon Suburban into the station at Riverside on Main Track 1.

Metra 123 leaves the CP Bensenville Yard behind as it charges past Tower B-17 with an evening commuter train on the former Milwaukee District.

The evening sun lights up the nose of Metra 197 as it shoves an eastbound commuter train toward Riverside on its way from Aurora to Chicago.

Metra 186 shoves an Eastbound Dinkie at speed on Main Track 3 under the EJ&E overpass at East Eola. This is at MP 33 on the BNSF Chicago Subdivision.

Metra 404 heads directly into brilliant evening light as it charges westward to Aurora with an 11-car Dinkie. The EJ&E overpass gives the location away as East Eola.

An easbound Dinkie slides under the wesbound control signals at Congress Park as the train prepares to make the station stop at Brookfield en-route from Aurora to Chicago.

It is not evident just how enormous the new signal bridges are on the Chicago Subdivision until a bi-level suburban train is dwarfed as it passes under one. Here Metra 193 is seen passing under t... (more)