The
Metra
trains are a common and familiar site in the Chicagoland area. Thousands
of people depend on Metra's precision
timing to get them to work daily. When the schedule says they're gonna
be there, YOU better be there or you will most assuredly miss your train.
These commuter cars were photographed parked in northwest suburban Crystal Lake, IL.
A Metra commuter speeds westbound from suburban Barrington to the next stop in Fox River Grove.
During 2003-2004, Metra received new MP36PH-3S locomotives from Motive Power Industries of Boise Idaho, equipped with GM-EMD engines. Numbers 420 and 424 sit idle in Fox Lake, IL on Sunday break awaiting their next six day work week.
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