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It was a beautiful day in Illinois and I ate lunch at the Geneva, Illinois train station, camera at my side. I got some pictures of a Metra commuter headed inbound to Chicago. The train sat at the station for about 10 minutes -- not sure why.
The weather is turning much nicer here, so I got out and got a couple pictures. I sat at the Geneva, Illinois train station. The commuter was westbound. The freight (all oil cars except the first one - you could smell the oil) was eastbound toward Chicago.
The eastbound commuter and eastbound freight were captured in Geneva, IL and then I took a ride to the train park in Rochelle, IL and caught a westbound freight.
8 AM on a Saturday morning. Not a car in the lot. I suppose this is a function of the covid pandemic. I do know Metra ridership is down quite a lot.
Eastbound freight - all auto carriers.
Metra headed to Chicago, waiting for passengers to load. This was the 8:38 train - some folks had...
It is a beautiful day here in Illinois, finally the heat has left and we have cool, dry weather! Caught a westbound train with what looked like empty coal cars and an eastbound commuter.
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