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CANADIAN NATIONAL ENTERS BIDDING WAR WITH CANADIAN PACIFIC FOR KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN 1 … 14 15 16 17 18 by johnpbarlow - Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:38 am - In: General Class I and II Discussion	255 Replies 27506 Views	by Shortline614 Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:04 pm
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Construction and Projects 1 … 13 14 15 16 17 by metraRI - Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:32 pm	252 Replies 94999 Views	by Gilbert B Norman Thu May 06, 2021 8:24 am
Railfanning Tips 1 2 3 4 5 by Franklin Gowen - Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:38 pm	64 Replies 42020 Views	by doepack Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:41 pm
Service Disruptions 1 … 37 38 39 40 41 by metraRI - Thu May 18, 2006 9:17 pm	607 Replies 176934 Views	by ferroequinologist Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:32 am
In The News 1 … 13 14 15 16 17 by metraRI - Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:39 am	245 Replies 84428 Views	by Gilbert B Norman Sun Sep 27, 2020 6:58 am
Metra & CTA Photo Policies by JamesT4 - Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:15 am	1 Replies 11090 Views	by JamesT4 Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:41 pm
South Shore Line Ticketing by erie910 - Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:33 pm	1 Replies 135 Views	by justalurker66 Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:24 pm
South Shore Line Track Use by erie910 - Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:53 pm	1 Replies 252 Views	by justalurker66 Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:56 pm
METRA Electric Line to University Park by erie910 - Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:01 pm	1 Replies 208 Views	by justalurker66 Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:48 pm
Chicago area Metra Corona virus adjustments 1 2 by ohioriverrailway - Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:18 am	28 Replies 4049 Views	by MetraBNSF Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:23 pm
L Mileage by daybeers - Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:00 pm	6 Replies 463 Views	by justalurker66 Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:42 am
Arlington Park by eolesen - Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:24 am	13 Replies 685 Views	by eolesen Thu Jun 24, 2021 6:41 am
The CTA Rail System by Number - a proposal to number-code the 8 routes 1 2 by MACTRAXX - Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:22 am	20 Replies 950 Views	by justalurker66 Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:24 am
Extending the UP-West Line to Dekalb by njtmnrrbuff - Mon May 24, 2021 6:19 pm	10 Replies 684 Views	by eolesen Tue Jun 15, 2021 3:15 pm
Extending These Former Lines by Pensyfan19 - Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:56 pm	1 Replies 244 Views	by eolesen Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:15 pm
CTA Red-Purple Bypass by Jeff Smith - Sat Aug 03, 2019 5:07 pm	8 Replies 1749 Views	by west point Fri Jun 11, 2021 7:58 pm
new 7000-series railcars for CTA? 1 2 by orangeline - Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:59 pm	21 Replies 6366 Views	by daybeers Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:30 pm
Metra issues RFP for F40 battery conversions by TurningOfTheWheel - Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:37 pm	14 Replies 998 Views	by scratchyX1 Thu May 27, 2021 11:17 am
Metra Bilevel Assignment And Maintenance Changes 1 … 30 31 32 33 34 by metraRI - Wed May 04, 2005 9:01 pm	502 Replies 151365 Views	by Gilbert B Norman Sun May 23, 2021 7:25 pm
NICTD Double Track Project 1 2 by CraigDK - Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:59 pm	16 Replies 2023 Views	by justalurker66 Tue May 18, 2021 8:54 pm
NICTD West Lake Line 1 2 3 4 by justalurker66 - Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:20 pm	46 Replies 14527 Views	by CraigDK Wed May 12, 2021 4:31 pm
Metra Locomotive Assignments And Maintenance 1 … 92 93 94 95 96 by AMTK84 - Fri Sep 03, 2004 11:52 pm	1426 Replies 330781 Views	by MetraBNSF Wed May 05, 2021 10:42 pm
Outlying yards: Less is more? by doepack - Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:06 pm	6 Replies 1094 Views	by MetraBNSF Wed May 05, 2021 10:23 pm
Metra adding service to three more routes by Jeff Smith - Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:24 am	8 Replies 687 Views	by Jeff Smith Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:49 am
South Bend Fire Department Highliner by Martin Baumann - Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:02 pm	6 Replies 469 Views	by justalurker66 Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:43 pm
L Questions by erie910 - Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:17 pm	10 Replies 2739 Views	by erie910 Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:59 pm
Alstom Coradia Multilevel Coaches 1 2 3 4 by Pensyfan19 - Wed Jan 13, 2021 1:33 pm	46 Replies 5449 Views	by Jeff Smith Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:25 am
BNSF West Line Extension Beyond Aurora (Montgomery, Oswego, Yorkville, Plano and Sandwich) 1 2 3 by AmtrakFan - Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:06 pm	33 Replies 11591 Views	by njtmnrrbuff Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:51 pm
Future of ATS 1 2 by eolesen - Mon Jan 21, 2019 5:55 pm	24 Replies 5845 Views	by RRspatch Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:15 am
Passed Without Comment 1 2 3 4 by Gilbert B Norman - Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:39 pm	51 Replies 4846 Views	by justalurker66 Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:32 pm
Penalty For Progress - PTC 1 2 3 by Gilbert B Norman - Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:59 pm	41 Replies 12422 Views	by metraRI Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:31 pm
Vanshnookenraggen's Chicago Track Map by GojiMet86 - Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:28 pm	1 Replies 2899 Views	by ferroequinologist Mon Dec 07, 2020 5:19 pm
History of Chicago Commuter rail. by braves - Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:05 pm	11 Replies 4387 Views	by urr304 Fri Nov 27, 2020 6:32 pm
METRA sues UP over fare collections by John_Perkowski - Thu Oct 15, 2020 2:24 am	2 Replies 504 Views	by eolesen Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:49 am
Ticket office closing 1 2 3 by wilmette2008 - Thu Jan 26, 2017 2:18 pm	30 Replies 10166 Views	by Gilbert B Norman Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:31 pm
CTA Awards 7000 Series Contract to CSR by HiLoMo - Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:37 pm	9 Replies 5396 Views	by Pensyfan19 Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:11 pm
F59PHI’s 1 2 3 4 by MetraBNSF - Tue Oct 30, 2018 10:09 pm	57 Replies 13710 Views	by eolesen Wed Oct 07, 2020 12:12 am
owl service Blue Line O'Hare to Rosemont by orangeline - Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:41 am	5 Replies 577 Views	by lstone19 Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:06 pm
South Shore Line “Mask Optional” Cars by NH2060 - Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:55 am	0 Replies 278 Views	by NH2060 Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:55 am
From the Daily Herald 31 August 2020 by John_Perkowski - Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:03 pm	0 Replies 325 Views	by John_Perkowski Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:03 pm
NICTD 1000 (grey ghost) by CSS803 - Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:51 am	8 Replies 4258 Views	by Pensyfan19 Wed Sep 09, 2020 4:58 pm
Metra and UP POS Agreement Changes 1 2 3 4 5 by MetraBNSF - Sat Dec 07, 2019 5:30 pm	67 Replies 8482 Views	by John_Perkowski Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:15 pm
Distances on L Lines by Martin Baumann - Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:13 am	1 Replies 371 Views	by MACTRAXX Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:20 am
New Cars and units by John_Perkowski - Fri Apr 19, 2019 7:56 am	4 Replies 2806 Views	by Backshophoss Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:24 am
75th Street CIP by johndoe780 - Fri Dec 12, 2014 3:24 pm	6 Replies 6529 Views	by metraRI Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:31 am
For GBN: Last Metra/CMStP&P Engineer retires by John_Perkowski - Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:08 pm	0 Replies 341 Views	by John_Perkowski Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:08 pm
Rebuilt SD70MACH orders 1 2 3 by Tadman - Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:01 pm	43 Replies 11570 Views	by John_Perkowski Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:08 pm
South Shore delays by ohioriverrailway - Thu May 21, 2020 2:59 pm	7 Replies 720 Views	by justalurker66 Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:39 pm
Metra vs. Amtrak: Union Station Operating Agreement by Jeff Smith - Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:02 am	8 Replies 3027 Views	by Tadman Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:14 pm
a question in these corona virus times by orangeline - Sun May 03, 2020 11:43 am	2 Replies 601 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 1301 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 978 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 14106 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 4340 Views	by justalurker66 Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:14 pm
NICTD's New Diesel Paint by justalurker66 - Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:32 pm	9 Replies 4020 Views	by justalurker66 Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:41 pm
Metra receives 7 new coaches by Pensyfan19 - Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:09 pm	3 Replies 1309 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 7270 Views	by Tadman Thu Jan 16, 2020 2:14 pm
PTC test train? by doepack - Mon Jan 06, 2020 4:27 pm	2 Replies 982 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 14201 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 4043 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 1577 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 8656 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 51633 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 3608 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 1527 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 7476 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 6047 Views	by Tadman Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:29 am
Grade Crossing Hotlines by wilmette2008 - Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:15 pm	8 Replies 4430 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 3658 Views	by orangeline Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:27 am
Bi-Level Dimensions by fender52 - Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:34 am	2 Replies 3876 Views	by fender52 Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:42 pm
Lollapaloza 1 2 by wilmette2008 - Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:33 pm	15 Replies 5682 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 1412 Views	by Tadman Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:44 am
Metra F59's at the weekend by [email protected] - Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:19 am	1 Replies 1309 Views	by doepack Sun Jun 30, 2019 4:20 pm
Metra Heritage units. by railfan59 - Sat Jun 29, 2019 4:02 pm	1 Replies 3658 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 2121 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 8020 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 2517 Views	by ExCon90 Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:53 pm
Metra Youtube Channel... by doepack - Fri Apr 28, 2017 10:26 pm	9 Replies 5709 Views	by fauxcelt Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:13 am
Tier 4 locomotives by MetraBNSF - Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:13 pm	9 Replies 2696 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 2105 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 2013 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 2155 Views	by Fan Railer Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:07 pm
ogilvie announcements! by ryanch - Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:40 am	5 Replies 2413 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 8427 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 5526 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 2639 Views	by GWoodle Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:23 pm
Metra PD video by wilmette2008 - Fri Jan 04, 2019 5:55 am	5 Replies 2381 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 3704 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 18695 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 3447 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 2542 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 2369 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 10449 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 7483 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 8690 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 3483 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 3533 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 3208 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 12207 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 9676 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 2752 Views	by MetraBNSF Mon Jul 02, 2018 7:11 pm

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