Today I was fortunate enough to have some extra time getting to work, so I stopped by the Western Springs Metra Station, milepost 16 on BNSF’s former CB&Q triple track “racetrack” between Chicago Union Station and Aurora. There’s nothing like the Land of the Burlingtons (as this route was coined in an early 1970s advertising poster series) during rush hour – I saw 6 trains in only 10 minutes! What a great early Christmas present to me! Time to share – enjoy!
It’s great to see stations decked in holiday gear:
Even better are the Burlington bilevel coaches (below)that have been relettered for their original owner. Some of these cars date back to 1950!
What’s the busiest stretch of track where you’ve spent time railfanning? Let me know:
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