Western Ave Metra

If you like watching trains go past, this is a fine platform on which to stand. This station is just a few hundred feet west of historic Tower A-​2, which controls a complicated set of switches where three Milwaukee North District tracks cross over two Union Pacific tracks. Between these two main lines is a depot where trains are staged for both Union and Ogilvie Stations, as well as repair and refueling facilities. Expect to see a constant stream of Metra, freight and Amtrack trains. The station itself is little more than some aging platforms and a couple urine-​soaked stairways and tunnels. There are no facilities.
I suppose I should mention that my 5-​year-​old boy is obsessed with railroads, which has caused me to learn a little bit about them, although I am not a trainspotter or railfan or whatever those folks call themselves.