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EMD GP9

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Side view of a green and cream Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 6627, parked in a snowy rail yard with another locomotive and freight cars in the background. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6627, stands on the tracks in a snowy yard. December 25, 1997 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A green and orange Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 4195, sits on tracks in a snowy yard next to another locomotive and a blue dumpster. Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive 4195 in its green and orange livery, photographed at rest in a snowy yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. December 28, 1997 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotives 4711 and 1214 in a snow-covered yard under an overcast sky. A side view of Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotives 4711 and 1214 in a snow-covered yard under an overcast sky. December 28, 1997 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red CP Rail diesel locomotive numbered 4617 is parked on multiple snow-covered tracks in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. A CP Rail GP9 diesel locomotive, number 4617, sits in a snowy yard. December 28, 1997 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1743 is parked on railroad tracks in a snowy yard, with other locomotives partially visible to its sides. Union Pacific GP9 locomotive 1743 in its classic yellow livery, captured in a snowy yard with other locomotives in the background. January 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5722, is parked on a snowy railroad track, with another locomotive and freight cars visible behind it. A Canadian Pacific GP9 locomotive numbered 5722, in its red and black livery, is shown in a snowy yard, with another CP locomotive trailing behind. January 1998 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a blue GECX diesel locomotive, number 0583, in a snow-covered rail yard with other locomotives partially visible. A blue GECX GP9 locomotive numbered 0583 sits in a snowy rail yard alongside other locomotives. January 1998 · Lake / Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a blue GECX diesel locomotive numbered 0595, parked in a yard with other locomotives and dry brush in the foreground. A blue GECX GP9 diesel locomotive, number 0595, is parked in a rail yard next to a Southern Pacific locomotive under an overcast sky. January 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific locomotive numbered 1704 is parked on snowy tracks, with one person standing on its steps and freight cars loaded with pipes in the background. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 1704 stands in a snowy yard, with a man on its steps and a freight train behind it. January 24, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a green and yellow Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive number 5531 parked in a snowy yard, with a yellow and gray Union Pacific locomotive number 1704 partially visible behind it. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 5531, is seen in a snow-covered yard, with a Union Pacific locomotive, number 1704, behind it. January 24, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 1742, parked in a rail yard with snow patches on the ground and other locomotives nearby. Union Pacific GP9 locomotive 1742, painted in its iconic yellow and gray livery, stands alongside another UP unit and a Lake Superior and Ishpeming locomotive in a railroad yard. February 1998 · Lake / Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive number 1707 with a gray hood, parked on tracks in a gravel rail yard with an overcast sky. Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive number 1707, painted in yellow and gray livery, stands in a rail yard on an overcast day. February 1998 · Lake / Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and red Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 3078, on tracks in a rail yard with boxcars behind it, under an overcast sky. A Union Pacific GP9 locomotive numbered 3078 is pictured in a winter yard scene alongside Chicago and North Western freight cars. February 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1710 is parked on tracks in a rail yard, with a blue locomotive and a black tank car nearby. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, numbered 1710, stands in a rail yard under an overcast sky. February 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive with the number 1548, parked in a gravel yard next to a yellow freight car. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1548, in a yard with a Chicago and North Western boxcar. February 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two Canadian Pacific diesel locomotives, numbers 3089 and 401, are parked side by side on a snow-covered rail yard under an overcast sky. A Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 3089, sits in a snowy yard alongside another locomotive, number 401, both in the railway's red livery. February 1998 · Green/Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A red Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 5750 is stationary on a railroad track in a snowy yard, with industrial buildings in the background. A Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5750, stands on a snowy yard in Franklin Park, Illinois. February 1, 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 1710, standing in a rail yard. A blue locomotive is partially visible behind it, and a gravel foreground is in the bottom of the frame. Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive number 1710, painted in its yellow and gray livery, is shown parked in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. February 8, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 1719, is parked on a railroad track in a yard on a winter day. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1719, is seen in a yard on an overcast winter day. February 8, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of an orange CP Rail locomotive numbered 5793 on railroad tracks in a gravel yard under a cloudy sky. A CP Rail System GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 5793, painted in its signature orange livery, is captured in a yard setting under an overcast sky. February 8, 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a yellow and black Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 6626, parked in a rail yard with snow patches on the ground under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6626, is seen in side profile at a rail yard on an overcast winter day. February 8, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A street view of a large industrial building with several diesel locomotives in SOO Line and CP Rail livery parked in a rail yard behind a fence, with a 'SPEED LIMIT 35' sign in the foreground. SOO Line and CP Rail System locomotives are parked at the Bensenville Dieselhouse in Illinois, circa early 1980s. February 15, 1998 · Green and Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A red CP Rail diesel locomotive numbered 5839 is seen from a three-quarter front view, behind a chain-link fence in a yard on an overcast winter day. A CP Rail GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5839, is parked in a yard behind a chain-link fence. February 15, 1998 · Green and Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A red CP Rail diesel locomotive, number 5724, stands in a fenced yard on a cloudy day, with another red locomotive partially visible behind it. A CP Rail GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5724, is parked in a yard behind a chain-link fence on an overcast winter day. February 15, 1998 · Green and Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A yellow and black Union Pacific locomotive, number 1722, stands in a dark rail yard next to a brown freight car marked with the number 7. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1722, is pictured at night in a rail yard. March 1998 · Chicago River and Kinzie St, Chicago, IL A white and red SOO Line locomotive numbered 414 is visible behind a chain-link fence, with a freight car and industrial building in the background under an overcast sky. A SOO Line EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 414, is parked in a yard behind a chain-link fence in Bensenville, Illinois. March 8, 1998 · Green St, Bensenville, IL A yellow and green diesel locomotive numbered 4408 is parked on a set of train tracks in a snowy yard with freight cars behind it. A side view of Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive 4408 in its orange and dark green livery, photographed in a snowy yard. March 8, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A row of diesel locomotives, including Union Pacific 673 and Chicago and North Western 5505, are parked in a rail yard behind a chain-link fence on an overcast day. Union Pacific 673 and Chicago and North Western 5505 are parked in a rail yard, with other locomotives visible in the background. March 17, 1998 · Unknown, Unknown, Unknown A Union Pacific diesel locomotive and parts of scrapped steam engines are displayed behind a chain-link fence in front of a large building bearing the Union Pacific Railroad name and logo. A Union Pacific GP9 locomotive numbered 670 sits in a yard with scrapped steam locomotive parts, behind a chain-link fence with a Union Pacific building in the background. March 17, 1998 · North Little Rock, AR A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 670, is seen behind a chain-link fence on a red flatcar in an industrial yard. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 670, is parked on a flatcar in a fenced yard, with a large industrial building in the background. March 17, 1998 · North Little Rock, AR A yellow and gray Union Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 670, is parked in a rail yard with a blue SW1200 switcher and a red flatcar, with a large industrial building and an American flag in the background. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 670, is displayed in a yard alongside a blue SW1200 switcher and a flatcar, all behind a chain-link fence. March 17, 1998 · Jenks Service Bldg, North Little Rock, AR A yellow and black diesel locomotive with 'Chicago and North Western' lettering and the number 6825 is parked in a rail yard behind a chain-link fence, with a red flatcar and a large green engine block nearby. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive #6825 is photographed in a yard, its yellow and black livery and safety slogan visible through a chain-link fence. March 17, 1998 · Downing and Jenks Service Bldg, North Little Rock, AR A red diesel locomotive numbered 5654 with StL&H lettering crosses a street under a green traffic light, with a SOO Line sign in the foreground. St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexican Railway GP9 locomotive number 5654 at a grade crossing in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a SOO Line sign nearby. April 1998 · St. Laurence and Hudson, Franklin Park, IL Two SOO Line diesel locomotives, numbered 4410 and 4451, sit side-by-side on tracks in a yard on a cloudy day. SOO Line locomotives 4410 and 4451, both EMD GP9s, in a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 771 is seen at a grade crossing with an orange pickup truck and a white pickup truck parked nearby, under an overcast sky. SOO Line EMD GP9 locomotive 771 in orange livery at a grade crossing, with pickup trucks in the foreground. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL An orange CP Rail locomotive numbered 5908 is parked on a track in a gravel yard under an overcast sky, with a blue and yellow passenger car and another orange locomotive visible in the background. CP Rail System GP9 locomotive 5908 in its International orange livery is seen in a rail yard. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A dark blue I&M Rail Link locomotive numbered 213 is shown from a three-quarter front view in a railroad yard, with a red signal light and a sign for a truck terminal and hump yard visible nearby. An I&M Rail Link GP9 diesel locomotive, number 213, stands in a railroad yard under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Wolf and Franklin, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 771 is parked on tracks in a rail yard with overcast skies. A side view of SOO Line diesel locomotive 771, an EMD GP9, in a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A long line of dark blue Wabash GP9 diesel locomotives, including numbers 222 and 364, are parked on multiple tracks in a gravel rail yard under a gray, overcast sky. A row of Wabash GP9 diesel locomotives, including numbers 222 and 364, sit idle in a rail yard on an overcast day. April 1998 · Franklin/Wolf, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line locomotive numbered 771 sits on railroad tracks near a dirt road with two pickup trucks, one red and one white, parked nearby on an overcast day. A red SOO Line EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 771, stands on the tracks at a grade crossing in Franklin Park, Illinois, with pickup trucks parked nearby on a spring day. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a blue Rail Link diesel locomotive numbered 364 on a track in a rail yard, with another locomotive marked 393 in the background under an overcast sky. A Rail Link GP9 diesel locomotive, number 364, in a rail yard, with another Rail Link unit, number 393, visible behind it. April 1998 · Franklin/Wolf, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a bright orange CP Rail diesel locomotive, number 5908, parked on a track in a gravel yard with a chain-link fence and another locomotive visible in the background. A CP Rail GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5908, in bright orange livery, stands on a track in a yard under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a Southern Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1534, painted in blue and orange, standing on tracks with overgrown grass, and another yellow and blue locomotive partially visible behind it. A Southern Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 1534 is parked on a railroad main line, with a Chicago and North Western SD40 visible behind it. May 1998 · 25th and Fullerton A red Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 8263 is parked on a set of tracks in a large rail yard, with several freight cars and containers in the background under an overcast sky. A red Canadian Pacific GP9 locomotive numbered 8263 sits in a rail yard on an overcast day. May 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black and orange SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 2064 is parked on railroad tracks beside an elevated highway, with a red freight car marked BN 48 behind it. SOO Line 2064, an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, stands on a railroad main line near an elevated highway in Franklin Park, Illinois. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a yellow and black Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 6809, in a rail yard with another locomotive numbered 6827 in the background. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive 6809 in yellow and black livery, photographed in a rail yard. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of an orange St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad diesel locomotive number 5649 on a railroad track under an overcast sky. An orange St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5649, is seen in profile on a cloudy day. June 1998 · St Lawrence and Hudson, Franklin Park, IL A photo showing multiple locomotives at a rail yard, including a yellow Union Pacific GP9, a black Norfolk Southern GP38-2, a blue locomotive, and an Amtrak F40PH in the background. A lineup of locomotives from Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and Amtrak at a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL