The golden hour is upon us as North Central Service train #115 is seen skirting Cedar Lake with the RTA heritage unit leading. The train just departed its Lake Villa stop.

RTA Heritage, Saturday Edition. SD70MACH #500, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) heritage unit, hustles past Long Lake on its way to Fox Lake with train 2611.

#500 leads train 2616 out of Ingleside, bound for Chicago Union Station on a sunny, Saturday afternoon.

Metra 500, the RTA heritage unit, makes a stop at Elmwood Park with the Milwaukee District Holiday Train. The Elmwood Park water tower is also lit up with Christmas lights.

Metra 500, the road's RTA heritage unit, leads MD-N train 2151 over the bridge in Long Lake, IL, as it prepares to make a station stop on the way to Fox Lake. The engine is decorated with a Christ... (more)

Metras RTA heritage unit, decked out in Christmas lights, is seen on an ice cold December night rounding out of Chicago’s Union Station.

On a frigid December evening, the sun dips to the horizon as one of the handful of Metras Christmas light decorated locomotives rumbles out of downtown. Every so often, the light pattern changes, ... (more)

Bringing Christmas to the suburbs, Metras RTA themed SD70MACH is decked out with Christmas lights, as its seen here racing through Morgan… leaving behind a cold, yet busy, downtown Chicago skyli... (more)

Metra 500 sits in Chicago Union Station with the 2024 Milwaukee District Holiday Train.

After leading train 2243 in from Chicago, METX 500 ties up on the River Track in Elgin. Decorated for Christmas, it looks good alongside the Fox River on this cold November evening.

Metra's RTA heritage unit thunders out of downtown Chicago with train #2225 for Big Timber Road in Elgin.

Inbound and outbound Metra trains meet at Elmwood Park on a sunny evening. The Windy City stands tall 13 miles through the haze.

METX 500 leads Milwaukee District North train 2123 under the signal bridge at CP Morgan. These new engines had been on my radar for a while now, and I'm glad I was able to roster 9 out of 15 on th... (more)

In great evening light, METX 500 and 99 team up on 117 as they pull into Lake Villa.

METX 500, the class unit of Metra's SD70MACH roster and wearing a special throwback scheme honoring the Regional Transportation Authority, leads an outbound train through Elmwood Park, IL.