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a question in these corona virus times by orangeline - Sun May 03, 2020 11:43 am	2 Replies 1186 Views	by doepack Tue May 05, 2020 7:35 am
Who owns Canal St. crossing north of CUS 1 2 by lstone19 - Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:41 am	15 Replies 2927 Views	by Allouette Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:26 pm
Metra MP36PH-3C 402 State of Illinois by chirailfan - Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:20 pm	3 Replies 1600 Views	by F40CFan Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:20 pm
An argument against "parking lot" stations... 1 2 3 4 by doepack - Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:39 am	55 Replies 18402 Views	by Tadman Sat Apr 04, 2020 3:31 pm
Pink line: Trapped in a gap... 1 2 by doepack - Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:05 am	15 Replies 5552 Views	by justalurker66 Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:14 pm
Metra receives 7 new coaches by Pensyfan19 - Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:09 pm	3 Replies 2040 Views	by Tadman Wed Feb 05, 2020 7:49 pm
O'Hare Transfer (Metra) people mover extension 1 2 by Pacific 2-3-1 - Fri Oct 26, 2012 12:14 pm	24 Replies 9364 Views	by Tadman Thu Jan 16, 2020 2:14 pm
PTC test train? by doepack - Mon Jan 06, 2020 4:27 pm	2 Replies 1414 Views	by doepack Wed Jan 08, 2020 3:15 pm
First impressions of the L from mook in Baltimore 1 2 by STrRedWolf - Fri Jan 01, 2016 10:44 pm	28 Replies 16153 Views	by STrRedWolf Mon Jan 06, 2020 9:09 pm
Things to come? Brown/Orange through-route 1 2 by Tadman - Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:04 am	18 Replies 5473 Views	by ExCon90 Fri Dec 20, 2019 3:35 pm
Field trips on metra by wilmette2008 - Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:23 pm	5 Replies 2333 Views	by Milwaukee_F40C Sat Dec 07, 2019 1:20 pm
Two questions 1 2 by theseaandalifesaver - Tue May 12, 2015 11:12 pm	21 Replies 9905 Views	by erie910 Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:11 pm
Metra UP-W Improvement Project 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 by MetraBNSF - Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:34 am	94 Replies 56843 Views	by eolesen Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:21 am
Metra/UP moves to coach yard and M19A by wilmette2008 - Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:25 am	6 Replies 4354 Views	by qboy Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:42 pm
Heritage Locomotive Honors Advent of Diesel Era on the BNSF by MetraBNSF - Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:56 pm	5 Replies 2239 Views	by mcgrath618 Mon Oct 21, 2019 2:32 pm
BNSF: From "The Tiffany" to "Problematic" 1 2 by Gilbert B Norman - Thu Jul 19, 2018 11:18 am	19 Replies 9019 Views	by Tadman Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:35 pm
More Metra Riding 1 2 by erie910 - Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:03 pm	25 Replies 15307 Views	by Tadman Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:29 am
Grade Crossing Hotlines by wilmette2008 - Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:15 pm	8 Replies 5185 Views	by erie910 Sun Sep 08, 2019 6:31 pm
When CTA trains stall at a junction... by mcgrath618 - Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:55 am	1 Replies 11443 Views	by orangeline Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:27 am
Bi-Level Dimensions by fender52 - Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:34 am	2 Replies 11313 Views	by fender52 Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:42 pm
Lollapaloza 1 2 by wilmette2008 - Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:33 pm	15 Replies 6994 Views	by wilmette2008 Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:43 am
Brown Line Ravenswood Connector Branch by Jeff Smith - Sat Aug 03, 2019 5:11 pm	1 Replies 1772 Views	by Tadman Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:44 am
Metra F59's at the weekend by brit37basher@cle - Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:19 am	1 Replies 1613 Views	by doepack Sun Jun 30, 2019 4:20 pm
Metra Heritage units. by railfan59 - Sat Jun 29, 2019 4:02 pm	1 Replies 10865 Views	by doepack Sun Jun 30, 2019 4:08 pm
CH 5 Metra conductor stories by wilmette2008 - Wed May 08, 2019 6:51 pm	7 Replies 2865 Views	by spRocket Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:30 am
Visiting the area August 3-5th, looking for help by ST214 - Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:12 pm	12 Replies 15652 Views	by Tadman Wed May 22, 2019 4:53 pm
"Lord Randal's" Latest Wisdom by Gilbert B Norman - Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:55 am	8 Replies 3045 Views	by ExCon90 Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:53 pm
Metra Youtube Channel... by doepack - Fri Apr 28, 2017 10:26 pm	9 Replies 6374 Views	by fauxcelt Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:13 am
Tier 4 locomotives by MetraBNSF - Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:13 pm	9 Replies 3389 Views	by busfan2847 Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:44 am
Panhandle abandonment in Dolton / South Holland by ryanch - Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:42 pm	3 Replies 2616 Views	by MACTRAXX Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:49 pm
Metra fares free Feb 16 & 17 by LM Train - Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:39 am	0 Replies 2304 Views	by LM Train Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:39 am
CTA Chicago "L" Tower 18 Interlocking Traffic @ Rush Hour by Fan Railer - Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:07 pm	0 Replies 2450 Views	by Fan Railer Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:07 pm
ogilvie announcements! by ryanch - Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:40 am	5 Replies 2821 Views	by spRocket Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:48 pm
Metra Ticket agent 1 2 by wilmette2008 - Mon May 23, 2011 9:23 pm	16 Replies 9947 Views	by eolesen Mon Jan 21, 2019 5:49 pm
Rondout tower Last call by wilmette2008 - Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:47 pm	8 Replies 6111 Views	by Backshophoss Wed Jan 09, 2019 8:28 pm
Accuracy of old C&NW Heavyweights by Con-Cor? by DT662000 - Sat Dec 29, 2018 3:03 pm	6 Replies 3578 Views	by GWoodle Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:23 pm
Metra PD video by wilmette2008 - Fri Jan 04, 2019 5:55 am	5 Replies 2906 Views	by JamesT4 Mon Jan 07, 2019 9:01 am
NICTD New Car RFP by Tadman - Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:07 pm	11 Replies 4410 Views	by Tadman Wed Dec 26, 2018 6:49 pm
RR Police 1 2 3 4 by mkerfe - Tue Apr 19, 2016 4:35 pm	47 Replies 21374 Views	by Tadman Wed Dec 26, 2018 6:46 pm
Metra MD position light signals gone by lstone19 - Thu May 17, 2018 9:57 am	1 Replies 3785 Views	by Engineer Spike Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:43 pm
Status of 1978 cars by nmueller - Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:42 am	3 Replies 2903 Views	by Engineer Spike Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:19 pm
CBS 2: A State of Disrepair by MetraBNSF - Tue Dec 04, 2018 7:24 pm	1 Replies 2668 Views	by eolesen Fri Dec 07, 2018 12:53 am
Rock Island District Plus 1 2 by erie910 - Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:22 am	21 Replies 16212 Views	by justalurker66 Mon Nov 12, 2018 12:38 pm
CTA Historic Cars by Milwaukee_F40C - Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:22 pm	4 Replies 11652 Views	by Milwaukee_F40C Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:29 pm
Metra issues RFP for Locomotives. 1 2 by DutchRailnut - Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:28 pm	16 Replies 9877 Views	by F40CFan Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:42 pm
Metra MD-W incident west of Roselle by lstone19 - Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:11 am	0 Replies 3731 Views	by lstone19 Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:11 am
Metra to reissue rail-car RFP by frequentflyer - Fri Jul 20, 2018 12:58 pm	4 Replies 3934 Views	by mtuandrew Tue Aug 14, 2018 11:38 pm
CN blocks Metra and Emergency Vehicles by wilmette2008 - Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:30 pm	4 Replies 3539 Views	by eolesen Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:05 am
METRA Hiliners status please 1 2 by frankgaron2 - Fri Dec 18, 2015 1:14 pm	17 Replies 13465 Views	by F40CFan Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:13 pm
BNSF: PM rush express train movements 1 2 by MetraBNSF - Sun Dec 03, 2017 4:19 pm	23 Replies 11219 Views	by MetraBNSF Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:14 pm
CUS track 2 OOS by MetraBNSF - Mon Jul 02, 2018 7:11 pm	0 Replies 2984 Views	by MetraBNSF Mon Jul 02, 2018 7:11 pm
100 Years ago in Hammond, Indiana by bellstbarn - Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:25 am	0 Replies 3263 Views	by bellstbarn Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:25 am
Metra loco names by Moleyuk - Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:00 pm	9 Replies 6627 Views	by Moleyuk Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:46 am
Metra to Elgin by John_Perkowski - Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:48 pm	4 Replies 3801 Views	by Allouette Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:23 am
Blago's Curtain Call and Seniors Ride Free 1 2 3 4 by Gilbert B Norman - Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:45 am	49 Replies 25130 Views	by John_Perkowski Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:16 pm
Splitting 1243/1251, and other BNSF ideas... 1 2 3 by doepack - Wed May 21, 2008 1:17 am	31 Replies 14036 Views	by MetraBNSF Wed May 16, 2018 9:09 pm
CUS South Concourse by MetraBNSF - Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:46 pm	10 Replies 5113 Views	by doepack Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:46 am
ABC 7 story by wilmette2008 - Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:55 am	5 Replies 4423 Views	by andrewjw Fri Apr 27, 2018 4:05 pm
Effect of "trade war" with China on CTA by orangeline - Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:54 pm	2 Replies 3951 Views	by Tadman Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:34 am
PTC implementation to prompt schedule revisions by MetraBNSF - Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:42 pm	0 Replies 3312 Views	by MetraBNSF Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:42 pm
Rush hour shave and a haircut by MetraBNSF - Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:29 pm	0 Replies 3457 Views	by MetraBNSF Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:29 pm
Loop circulator historical question. by Passenger - Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:45 am	1 Replies 3709 Views	by Allouette Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:38 pm
553 is Yellow/Green again! by Tadman - Fri Dec 29, 2017 11:08 am	1 Replies 3810 Views	by eolesen Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:08 pm
Electric District Horns by Tadman - Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:47 am	13 Replies 7379 Views	by HammerJack Fri Dec 29, 2017 3:11 pm
South Shore Track 1 2 by erie910 - Fri Dec 08, 2017 5:54 pm	15 Replies 9894 Views	by dinwitty Thu Dec 28, 2017 8:31 am
Commuter Train Service elsewere in Indiana? by Buffalobill - Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:15 pm	9 Replies 6014 Views	by erie910 Thu Dec 14, 2017 3:04 pm
Warning: Possible Hack Attack (Again) by Gilbert B Norman - Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:05 pm	0 Replies 3674 Views	by Gilbert B Norman Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:05 pm
Metra Electric Highliner Retirement 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 by metraRI - Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:31 pm	105 Replies 54513 Views	by eolesen Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:45 am
Locomotive names: The people by c604. - Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:23 pm	12 Replies 13071 Views	by eolesen Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:24 am
Brown Line/Purple Line Questions by erie910 - Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:34 pm	9 Replies 6468 Views	by Allouette Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:36 am
One Year Ago (Partial OT) by MetraBNSF - Fri Nov 03, 2017 8:08 pm	3 Replies 4106 Views	by eolesen Mon Nov 20, 2017 4:01 pm
Metra Cab Car 8473 by MetraBNSF - Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:06 am	0 Replies 3796 Views	by MetraBNSF Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:06 am
Wilson station looking good by Passenger - Tue Oct 24, 2017 10:38 am	1 Replies 3796 Views	by Passenger Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:33 am
Calumet "Dummy" Revival? Chicago - Valparaiso, Indiana by Jeff Smith - Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:57 pm	12 Replies 9191 Views	by justalurker66 Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:20 pm
Switch Replacement near Chicago Union Station by twropr - Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:22 pm	2 Replies 4252 Views	by doepack Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:47 am
125 years of L service by orangeline - Tue Jun 06, 2017 4:32 pm	7 Replies 6111 Views	by Tadman Sun Jul 09, 2017 2:22 pm
Station Codes by Tadman - Tue Jul 04, 2017 8:49 pm	1 Replies 4179 Views	by sipes23 Wed Jul 05, 2017 12:36 pm
Short Line diesel by Metra UP Northwest Clybourn station by zmuzak - Wed Jun 28, 2017 10:37 am	1 Replies 4136 Views	by zmuzak Wed Jun 28, 2017 4:07 pm
Proposed New Seats 1 2 by F40CFan - Tue Nov 18, 2014 2:53 pm	24 Replies 15843 Views	by justalurker66 Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:59 pm
Gary Station by Tadman - Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:34 am	6 Replies 5362 Views	by justalurker66 Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:42 pm
O'Hare Station 15 June 2017 by John_Perkowski - Thu Jun 15, 2017 4:51 pm	1 Replies 4308 Views	by Tadman Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:29 am
Metra to buy 21 new gallery cars from VRE by davinp - Sun Jun 12, 2016 4:27 pm	4 Replies 6747 Views	by F40c611fan Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:34 pm
Proposed changes to Metra Electric schedule... by doepack - Sat May 27, 2017 2:13 am	7 Replies 5371 Views	by justalurker66 Mon Jun 12, 2017 4:30 pm
Wilson (Red, Purple) rehab questions. by Passenger - Thu Jun 01, 2017 8:19 am	0 Replies 3589 Views	by Passenger Thu Jun 01, 2017 8:19 am
Metra conductor Job by wilmette2008 - Fri May 26, 2017 4:25 pm	0 Replies 3570 Views	by wilmette2008 Fri May 26, 2017 4:25 pm
Historical CNW Question by Norbert - Sun May 14, 2017 9:14 pm	8 Replies 6529 Views	by Allouette Fri May 19, 2017 11:46 am
Lots of historical questions -- 4 tracks south of Armitage. by Passenger - Wed May 17, 2017 9:01 am	2 Replies 3743 Views	by orangeline Wed May 17, 2017 9:46 am
MP36PH-3S Conversion to -3C? 1 2 by Fan Railer - Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:13 pm	22 Replies 17450 Views	by jt42cwr Mon May 15, 2017 1:15 pm
Wilmette recently by wilmette2008 - Thu Apr 27, 2017 2:28 pm	2 Replies 3875 Views	by justalurker66 Sat Apr 29, 2017 3:14 pm
Loyola (Red line) station long platform. by Passenger - Fri Apr 28, 2017 8:26 am	2 Replies 3808 Views	by Passenger Sat Apr 29, 2017 3:12 pm
CTA Connections YouTube Channel by NaugyRR - Wed Jul 27, 2016 12:15 pm	10 Replies 6236 Views	by Passenger Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:39 am
Just passing through by John_Perkowski - Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:50 am	0 Replies 3346 Views	by John_Perkowski Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:50 am
CUS track 10 by MetraBNSF - Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:45 pm	0 Replies 3606 Views	by MetraBNSF Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:45 pm
New CTA station at Damen (Green Line) by Passenger - Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:45 am	4 Replies 4697 Views	by MisterUptempo Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:23 pm
Dwarf signals at Ogilvie by ExCon90 - Wed Sep 07, 2016 2:53 pm	10 Replies 6890 Views	by EricL Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:12 pm
Metra F59s? 1 2 3 4 5 by CNJGeep - Thu Apr 30, 2015 5:41 pm	69 Replies 37081 Views	by lstone19 Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:49 pm
Chilly Day in the Big city by John_Perkowski - Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:14 pm	6 Replies 4908 Views	by Tadman Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:40 pm
Metra Stop in Humboldt Park? by BucktownJim - Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:40 am	7 Replies 7427 Views	by BucktownJim Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:28 pm
Metra Movies Free for Amazon Prime Members by NaugyRR - Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:30 pm	0 Replies 3500 Views	by NaugyRR Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:30 pm
CTA Blue line stub tracks just west of Clark and Lake by Passenger - Mon Jan 09, 2017 1:02 pm	2 Replies 3701 Views	by Passenger Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:12 am

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