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OMLX 4200 takes the restart off with their train on the Chicago Rail Link.

METX 500 leads outbound Metra train 2615 at CP Morgan headed up toward Fox Lake. This trainset was decorated with Christmas lights as part of Metra's Holiday Train program. A PRR signal bridge still remains despite having modern color lights.

South Shore Freight 2005 leads CSS 2002, 2003, 805 (Ex-Iowa Interstate SD38-2), and 2010 in hauling a heavy coal drag toward the South Shore junction en route to Michigan City, IN.

Now that we know Amtrak 184 (Phase IV) paint is gone, I thought I'd go head and share the only and only shot I had of this engine when she was still wearing her Phase IV paint. Although Phase IV will be missed, it's good to know 184 will be around for longer. Just in different paint

A pair of Metra F40PH-3's lead outbound commuter trains west through Chicago Illinois on the former Milwaukee Road. The vibrant orange sky was due to heavy haze and smoke from wildfires being trapped by a temperature inversion.

A pair of Amtraks new ALC-42's in the Day 1 and Phase VI schemes lead Amtrak #8 the westbound Empire Builder out of Chicago on its long journey to the west coast.

Metra F59PHI #90 in CNW paint leads Metra F40PH-3 #104 in City Of Chicago paint on the AARPCO special as it makes its rounds around Chicagoland