Locomotive 120 first entered Metra service in 1977. Metra/Provided “Metra has strong ties to our nation’s armed forces,” said Jim Derwinski, Metra’s CEO and executive director, in a statement.

The specially painted Metra veterans locomotive is running on the Rock Island line before moving to the Milwaukee District ...

Ahead of the observance of Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, Metra has unveiled a special locomotive honoring Americans who ...

CHICAGO - Metra has used one of its SD70MACH locomotives ... With revenue service commencing for the new locomotives, delivery of the final seven units has resumed, with METX No.

Increasingly, the holiday season is also a team for brightly decorated trains on major commuter and transit systems. The New ...

Metra plans to run holiday trains on six lines beginning Nov. 30. Sun-Times file Share Metra’s special holiday-themed trains will return beginning Nov. 30 across six lines. The $5 tickets for ...

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (CBS) -- Metra Union Pacific North trains were halted near the Great Lakes Naval Station north of Chicago Tuesday evening, after a train hit a vehicle. Metra reported that ...

according to the Metra website. Inbound trains were being halted near Grayslake and outbound trains near Glenview, according to Metra. Its latest update, issued a little before 10 a.m., says ...