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 ...

Locomotive 120, which initially entered service in 1977, received the new exterior color scheme during its fourth rehab. The design was created by in-house by Metra ... up on the Chicago news ...

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 ...

Metra will roll out its annual holiday ... which runs from University Park to Millennium Station in Chicago. According to officials, the trains will be decked out in festive decorations for ...

CHICAGO (CBS ... Tickets for Metra's popular holiday train go are on sale now. Tickets are available on the Metra website for $5. Holiday trains can be found on the UP-N, BNSF, UP-NW, MD ...