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EMD GP9

398 photographs
A red and gray diesel locomotive lettered Wisconsin & Southern, numbered 4490, coupled to a rusty blue freight car beside a road crossing with gates and signals under an overcast sky. Wisconsin and Southern Railroad 4490 coupled to a freight car at a grade crossing, likely in Janesville, Wisconsin. August 1994 · Janesville, WI A red and white Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 6042 pulls a line of freight cars along a railroad track in a winter industrial landscape. A Canadian Pacific EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, numbered 6042, leads a freight train through an industrial area of Galewood, Chicago, in winter. December 16, 1995 · Galewood, Chicago, IL An elevated train with a silver and red locomotive and a yellow passenger car travels over a street with a large 'Braun Bottles' sign on a building and parked cars below, under an overcast sky. A Wisconsin & Southern Railroad diesel locomotive and a yellow passenger car on an elevated structure over a city street with a 'Braun Bottles' sign below. March 1996 · Canal and Lake, Chicago, IL A yellow and green Chicago and North Western locomotive numbered 4620 is parked on tracks in a rail yard next to a dark locomotive with a red front and the number 8312, under a grey sky with patches of snow on the ground. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 4620, sits in a yard alongside another locomotive, likely from the Penn Central, on an overcast winter day. March 8, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and green diesel locomotive with the number 4153 and a Chicago and North Western herald is parked in a rail yard with barrels and other equipment nearby, under a clear sky. Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive 4153 in its yellow and green livery sits in a rail yard under a clear summer sky. March 12, 1996 · Proviso Yards - Lake St., Melrose Park, IL A green and yellow diesel locomotive numbered 4107 is positioned on tracks in a rail yard with freight cars in the background. Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive 4107 in a rail yard, painted in green and yellow livery. March 12, 1996 · Lake St, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 4551, painted yellow and dark green, sitting on tracks in a rail yard with another locomotive in the background. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive #4551, in yellow and dark green livery, is shown in side view at Proviso Yards. March 12, 1996 · Proviso Yards - Lake St, Melrose Park, IL A red CP Rail diesel locomotive with the number 5794 is shown from the side, coupled to a silver and black HLCX locomotive, in a gravel rail yard under an overcast sky. A CP Rail GP9 locomotive, number 5794, in its signature red livery, is coupled to an HLCX locomotive in a rail yard. March 12, 1996 · Franklin St, Bennsonville A green and yellow diesel locomotive numbered 4554, identified as Chicago and North Western, is parked in a gravel yard with another locomotive visible in the background. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 4554, is shown in a yard under an overcast sky. March 12, 1996 · Proviso Yards - Lake St, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and green C&NW GP9 locomotive with the number 6808 on its side, captured at a yard under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6808, in a yard setting. March 12, 1996 · Lake St, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and black diesel locomotives with the numbers 1314 and 1202, lettered for the Chicago and North Western Railroad, are parked in a rail yard. Two Chicago and North Western locomotives, GP9 1314 and SW1200 1202, are parked side by side in a yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. March 23, 1996 · Mannheim / Lake St, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and black Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 6877, in a rail yard, with another yellow locomotive behind it and dry ground in the foreground. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 6877, is shown in a rail yard, with another CNW locomotive visible in the background. March 23, 1996 · Mannheim/Lake St, Melrose Park, IL Side profile of a yellow and gray Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 4104, parked on tracks in a gravel yard with patches of snow on the ground. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 4104, is side-viewed in a rail yard during winter. April 6, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and green CNW diesel locomotives, 4405 and 6809, are parked on parallel tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. Two Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotives, numbered 4405 and 6809, are pictured side by side in a railroad yard. May 27, 1996 · Waukegan Yard, Waukegan, IL Two yellow and green diesel locomotives with numbers 4405 and 6809 sit on parallel tracks in a railroad yard under an overhead structure, with houses and a train in the background. Two Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, number 4405 and 6809, are parked side by side in Waukegan Yard under an overhead wire structure. May 27, 1996 · Waukegan Yard, Waukegan, IL Three diesel locomotives with HATX lettering, numbered 402, 803, and 4000, are parked in a gravel yard, surrounded by green vegetation and utility poles. Three HATX GP9 diesel locomotives, numbered 402, 803, and 4000, are parked side by side in a railroad yard under an overcast sky. June 10, 1996 · Mannheim and Lake St, Melrose Park, IL Three diesel locomotives, including GM&O 5915 and 5914, are parked in a railroad yard under an overcast sky. Three diesel locomotives, including GM&O 5915 and 5914, are parked in a railroad yard under an overcast sky. June 10, 1996 · 31st ST and OGDEN, Cicero, IL A side view of a yellow and green diesel locomotive with the number 4142 and a North Western herald on its cab, standing on tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive number 4142, in its yellow and green livery, is shown in a rail yard. June 10, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue and red Grand Trunk Western diesel locomotive, number 5914, is parked on railroad tracks in a yard on a cloudy day with snow on the ground. A Grand Trunk Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5914, in blue and red livery, is shown in a railroad yard on an overcast winter day. June 10, 1996 · 31st St and Ogden, Cicero, IL A side view of a green and yellow Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 4161, parked in a gravel lot with a blue Burlington Northern locomotive behind it. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 4161, in green and yellow livery, is parked in a rail yard with a Burlington Northern locomotive in the background. June 10, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and dark green Chicago and North Western locomotive, number 6919, stands on a track in a gravel yard with other railcars nearby. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6919, is pictured in a railroad yard. June 10, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and dark green diesel locomotive numbered 6807, with 'NORTHWESTERN' lettering on the cab, standing on a track in a gravel yard with freight cars and a billboard in the background. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6807, in its yellow and dark green livery, is photographed in a yard under an overcast sky. June 10, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a blue diesel locomotive with the number 798 and 'EDM Electric Motive' lettering, parked on tracks with a red freight car behind it. A blue EDM Electric Motive GP9 diesel locomotive, number 798, is shown in side profile on a railroad main line. June 10, 1996 · 31st and Ogden, Cicero, IL A green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 6818, sits on tracks in a gravel yard with trees in the background. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive 6818 in green and yellow livery, pictured in a yard. July 1996 · Grand and Sheridan, Waukegan, IL A side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 4551, sitting on tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive number 4551 in yellow and green livery, photographed in a rail yard. August 25, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of two red diesel locomotives, one marked SOO LINE 1539 and the other CP 6409, parked behind a chain-link fence in front of a brick dieselhouse building with signs reading CP Rail System and Bensenville Dieselhouse. A red SOO Line EMD GP9 locomotive, number 1539, sits in the Bensenville dieselhouse yard with a CP Rail System locomotive nearby, seen through a chain-link fence on an overcast winter day. March 8, 1997 · Green St, Bensenville, IL Side view of a green and cream Chicago and North Western locomotive, number 4157, coupled to a blue and yellow CSX locomotive in a muddy rail yard under a gray sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 4157, in green and cream livery, is coupled to a CSX locomotive in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. March 8, 1997 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Union Pacific locomotive number 643, a GP9 model, is parked in a rail yard with a red piece of equipment in front and a Dow Chemical building behind it. Union Pacific GP9 locomotive 643 is seen in a yard, framed by a chain-link fence, with the Dow Chemical building in the background. March 17, 1997 · Downing @ Jenks, North Little Rock, AR Side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 1729, parked in a rail yard with wildflowers in the foreground. A Union Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 1729, is seen in a freight yard alongside another UP locomotive and a boxcar. July 1997 · Mannheim and Lake St, Melrose Park, IL A white and red Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 383 is coupled to a black tank car on parallel railroad tracks in a yard under a clear blue sky. A Soo Line EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 383, pulls a black ACFX tank car on a clear day in a railroad yard. July 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A green and yellow diesel locomotive with the number 5509 and a North Western herald sits on railroad tracks in a yard, with billboards visible in the background under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5509, in its green and yellow livery, photographed in a rail yard under an overcast sky. July 1997 · Mannheim and Lake St, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 532, pulling red boxcars, on a sunny day with multiple tracks and an overpass in the background. Soo Line EMD GP9 diesel locomotive 532, painted in black and orange, leads a train of red boxcars on a railroad main line in Franklin Park, Illinois, under a clear blue sky in the 1980s. September 1997 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail System diesel locomotive numbered 534 sits on a track with a white tank car labeled CBTX 26189 behind it, under a clear blue sky. A red CP Rail System GP9 diesel locomotive, number 534, is shown on a railroad main line with a white CBTX tank car in the background. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red diesel locomotive with 'CP Rail System' lettering and the number 534 is parked on tracks in a train yard, with one person standing on it and a white tank car nearby. A red CP Rail System GP9 diesel locomotive, number 534, is shown in a rail yard with a tank car and industrial structures in the background. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red diesel locomotive numbered 534 is parked on a railroad track next to a white tank car, with a person standing on its side and an industrial silo behind. A red Canadian Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 534, stands in a yard next to a white GATX tank car, with an industrial structure in the background. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail System locomotive numbered 740 is pictured on tracks under a highway overpass on an overcast day, with construction visible in the background. A CP Rail System GP9 diesel locomotive, numbered 740, is shown in its distinctive red livery on a railroad main line under a concrete highway overpass. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail System diesel locomotive numbered 740 is shown in a three-quarter front view, coupled with a white SOO Line locomotive numbered 602, on railroad tracks in a yard with overcast weather. A CP Rail System GP9 diesel locomotive, number 740, leads a train with a SOO Line GP9, number 602, at a rail yard under an overcast sky. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail System diesel locomotive numbered 740 is shown on tracks beneath a concrete bridge, with construction visible in the background. A CP Rail System GP9 diesel locomotive, number 740, is photographed on a railroad main line in Franklin Park, Illinois, under a concrete overpass on an overcast day. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail locomotive number 534, with a person standing on its side, is parked in a multi-track rail yard next to a white tank car, with an overpass visible in the background. A CP Rail System GP9 diesel locomotive, number 534, is shown in a rail yard with a tank car, under a clear sky. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a Union Pacific diesel locomotive number 1706, painted yellow with a gray roof and red stripes, coupled to another locomotive in a rail yard on a gray, overcast day. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1706, stands in a yard with a matching unit coupled behind it, under an overcast winter sky. November 27, 1997 · Mannheim / Lake St, Melrose Park, IL Two SOO Line diesel locomotives, numbers 4429 and 4419, are stopped at the Mannheim station platform on a cloudy day with snow on the ground. SOO Line GP9 locomotives 4429 and 4419 at Mannheim station in winter. December 7, 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 5520 is parked on tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky, with another similar locomotive visible behind it. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive number 5520 in green and yellow livery, standing on a track in a yard. December 7, 1997 · Mannheim / Lake, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 5508, in a yard with a Norfolk Southern boxcar in the background. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5508, in its green and yellow livery, standing in a railroad yard. December 7, 1997 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a green and yellow diesel locomotive with the number 6628 and 'NORTHWESTERN' on its cab, sitting on tracks in a rail yard with a gravel foreground. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6628, in its green and yellow livery, is shown in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. December 21, 1997 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A green and yellow diesel locomotive with the number 6637 and 'NORTHWESTERN' lettering sits on tracks in a snowy yard under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6637, stands in a yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, during winter. December 21, 1997 · 25th and Fullerton, Franklin Park, IL A green and yellow Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive numbered 4195 is parked on snowy tracks in a rail yard, with a blue BFI dumpster in the foreground. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive #4195, painted in green and yellow livery, sits in a snow-covered yard on December 25, 1997. December 25, 1997 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 6859, sits on tracks in a snowy yard, viewed from the side, with another locomotive behind it. Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive 6859, a likely GP9, is shown in side profile at a snowy yard, with another unit, 6181, coupled behind it. December 25, 1997 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A white and maroon Soo Line locomotive numbered 753 is parked on a snow-covered railroad yard next to a small shed and utility poles. A Soo Line EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 753, is shown in a snowy yard, likely in Franklin Park, Illinois, during the winter. December 25, 1997 · 25th and FULLERTON, Franklin Park, IL