Former Metra Bilevels Head to their New Home 

BNSF train H BRCNTW charges up the hill at Westmont, IL, with some special riders at the rear of the train - a pair of commuter passenger cars that once called Chicagoland home.
Discarded from Metra, then sold by Virginia Railway Express to the U.S. Army for its proposed passenger trains to move troops between Fort Lee and Fort AP Hill for training assignments, these bilevel Pullman gallery cars will get a 3rd chance at a new lease on life in the care of Railroading Heritage of Midwest America, better known as the Friends of the 261. The car numbers are USAX 402 and 404.
Skip to 1:40 to see the bilevels.
H BRCNTW1 06A (Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard to Northtown Yard, Minneapolis)
BNSF 4421 C44-9W
BNSF 9227 SD70ACe
5/7/14