Flag Stop 4,614 transit photos from Chicago and beyond, mostly 1940s–2000s
Equipment

EMD SD24

46 photographs
A black and yellow Soo Line locomotive numbered 501 is parked in a snowy rail yard with multiple tracks and industrial buildings in the background. Soo Line 501, an EMD SD24 locomotive, stands in a snow-covered yard. c. 1958 to 1970 Side view of a green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 6500, parked on tracks in a snowy yard with a red and white truck in the background. A Chicago and North Western EMD SD24 diesel locomotive, number 6500, in green and yellow livery, stands in a snowy yard. c. 1960 to 1972 A black diesel locomotive with the number 6016 hauls a train on a raised steel bridge with budding trees in the foreground. A Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive, number 6016, pulls a train past a raised bascule bridge in a springtime scene. c. 1963 to 1972 A red and silver Santa Fe diesel locomotive, number 352, sits on snowy tracks at night, its headlights on and the 'Santa Fe' name visible on its side. A Santa Fe SD24 diesel locomotive, number 352, is captured at night in a snowy yard, showcasing the iconic Warbonnet livery. 1966 · Joliet, IL A yellow and dark green diesel locomotive with the number 8618 and 'NORTHWESTERN' lettering on the front, parked on tracks in a yard. Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive 8618 at a yard, with another locomotive visible in the background. c. 1970 to 1980 A yellow Union Pacific SD24 locomotive, number 409, is parked on tracks at a train station with a red brick building and a mountain in the background. A Union Pacific SD24 locomotive numbered 409 stands at a terminal with freight and passenger cars in the background. October 4, 1977 · Salt Lake City A side view of a tan diesel locomotive with a long hood, parked on tracks in a gravel yard under a clear sky. A tan EMD SD24 diesel locomotive, likely operated by GM, is shown in a yard with a GN freight car in the background. June 10, 1978 · McCook, IL A red and gray diesel locomotive with number 5825 on the front, parked in a rail yard with another similar locomotive behind it, surrounded by trees and a wooden building. A Chicago and North Western EMD SD24 locomotive, number 5825, is shown in a three-quarter front view in a rail yard, with another SD24 visible behind it. June 30, 1979 · 152nd St. and Park, Harvey, IL A yellow and blue Santa Fe locomotive numbered 2601 is coupled to several freight cars in a gravel rail yard on a clear day. Santa Fe EMD SD24 locomotive number 2601 stands in a rail yard with a string of freight cars. June 13, 1981 · Fullerton, CA A long Santa Fe freight train with several blue and yellow diesel locomotives leads a line of freight cars through a dry, shrub-covered landscape with industrial buildings and hills in the background. A Santa Fe freight train led by EMD SD24 locomotive #3429 travels through a desert landscape in California. October 24, 1983 · Monolith, CA A red and grey SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 414 is shown at a grade crossing in a suburban area with trees and a "MONT" sign visible. SOO Line diesel locomotive 414, an EMD SD24, crosses a street in Montclare, Chicago, in the 1970s. May 15, 1993 · Montclare, Chicago, IL A side view of a Santa Fe diesel locomotive numbered 9506, painted in yellow and dark blue, standing on a track next to a chain-link fence under a clear blue sky. Santa Fe SD24 diesel locomotive #9506 in its classic yellow and dark blue livery, photographed on a clear winter day. February 14, 1994 · 49th and Kedzie, Chicago, IL Two diesel locomotives, one green and yellow SD24 numbered 6935 and one yellow and gray GP38-2 numbered B2474, both with Burlington Northern lettering, are coupled together on tracks at a rail yard with brick buildings in the background. A Burlington Northern SD24 locomotive numbered 6935, in green and yellow, sits on the tracks beside a yellow and gray GP38-2 numbered B2474 at a rail yard. April 27, 1994 · 18th and Lumbar Sts, Chicago, IL Two green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, numbered 4102 and 4114, sit side by side in a gravel yard under a clear sky, with patches of snow visible on the ground. Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotives 4102 and 4114 in a yard during winter. April 6, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 6845, sitting on a track next to stacks of wooden ties. A Chicago and North Western SD24 diesel locomotive, number 6845, in yellow and green livery, is parked in a rail yard. August 25, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Three Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, including SD24 number 5508, parked side-by-side in a rail yard under an overcast sky. Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive 5508 in green and yellow livery, photographed alongside locomotives 5509 and 170 in a rail yard. July 1997 · Mannheim and Lake St, Melrose Park, IL A black and orange SOO Line diesel locomotive number 1556, in a rail yard with multiple tracks, industrial buildings, and a clear sky overhead. SOO Line EMD SD24 diesel locomotive number 1556, originally Milwaukee Road, stands in a yard under a clear sky. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A rusty black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive, numbered 543, is shown parked on tracks under a concrete bridge; a person in a cap and vest stands on its front platform. A Soo Line EMD SD24 locomotive numbered 543 stands on the tracks under an overpass, with a crew member on the front platform. September 1997 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of two white and red Soo Line diesel locomotives, numbered 4419 and 4429, parked on parallel tracks in a snowy railyard. Two Soo Line SD24 diesel locomotives, numbers 4419 and 4429, stand coupled in a snow-covered yard under an overcast sky. January 24, 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two SOO Line diesel locomotives, 4513 and 6240, are seen side-by-side on snowy tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky. SOO Line EMD SD24 locomotive 4513, in black and orange livery, is parked in a snowy yard alongside a red EMD GP9, number 6240. February 1998 · Green/Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A side view of three Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, numbered 1309, 6299, and 1510, parked on parallel tracks in a gravel yard on a cloudy day. Chicago and North Western locomotives 1309 (an SD24) and 6299 (a GP9) rest side by side in a yard under an overcast sky. February 8, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive number 6626, painted in green and yellow, parked on tracks in a rail yard with snow on the ground. Chicago and North Western SD24 diesel locomotive #6626 is shown in the yard, wearing the railroad's green and yellow livery. February 15, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western locomotive numbered 8051, parked on tracks in a railyard with freight cars in the background. Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive number 8051 in yellow and green livery, viewed in side profile at a railyard. July 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 5515, parked in a gravel rail yard with another locomotive visible in the background. Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive 5515 in yellow and green livery, photographed in a rail yard. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a C&NW EMD SD24 locomotive, number 5515, in a rail yard, with other locomotives visible in the background. A Chicago and North Western EMD SD24 diesel locomotive, number 5515, in yellow and green livery, is shown in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black and white photograph of a Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 5529, seen in side profile in a rail yard with freight cars and a gravel foreground. A Chicago and North Western EMD SD24 diesel locomotive numbered 5529 is parked in a rail yard, with Norfolk Southern freight cars visible in the background. September 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and black diesel locomotives, numbered 8008 and 8617 and bearing the Chicago and North Western livery, are parked on tracks in a gravel yard with tall grass in the foreground and a clear sky above. Two Chicago and North Western SD24 diesel locomotives, #8008 and #8617, are seen in the yard at Melrose Park, Illinois, under a clear summer sky. October 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives are coupled together in a freight yard on an overcast day, with a stack of wooden beams nearby. A Chicago and North Western EMD SD24 locomotive, number 4160, is parked in a yard alongside another unit, with a stack of lumber in the foreground. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a red and yellow Canadian Pacific locomotive number 1435 coupled to a white covered hopper car, number TC WR 1101, on multiple tracks in a rail yard with a bridge and bare trees in the background. A Canadian Pacific SD24 diesel locomotive, number 1435, in red and yellow livery, stands on a mainline rail yard next to a TC WR covered hopper car, number 1101, under an overcast sky in winter. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Bensenville, IL A side view of a black SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 532, sitting on tracks in a gravel yard with a building in the background under a gray sky. SOO Line EMD SD24 locomotive number 532, viewed from the side in a yard under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Green/Evergreen, Bensenville, IL Side view of a red and white SOO Line diesel locomotive number 1539 on railroad tracks, with a water tower and freight cars in the background. SOO Line EMD SD24 locomotive number 1539 in white and red livery, photographed in a rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of two Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, numbers 5531 and 400, parked on tracks in a yard with gravel ground and a clear sky. Chicago and North Western locomotives 5531 (SD24) and 400 (GP9) in a railroad yard, showing the operator's distinctive yellow and green livery. May 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 5535, is parked in a rail yard with bare branches in the foreground. Chicago and North Western SD24 diesel locomotive 5535 sits in a yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, in its classic yellow and green livery. December 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a black and orange diesel locomotive, number 2923, with 'INDIANA HARBOR BELT' lettering, sitting on a set of tracks in a rail yard. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SD24 locomotive #2923 in a yard, painted in black with orange lettering and stripe. July 2000 · Lincoln and Front, Franklin Park, IL Two yellow and gray Union Pacific locomotives, numbers 5991 and 296, are parked side by side in a gravel yard on a cloudy day. Union Pacific SD24 locomotives 5991 and 296 in a rail yard under an overcast sky. August 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A green and yellow diesel locomotive with the number 5525 and a Northwestern herald sits on tracks in a gravel yard. A Chicago and North Western EMD SD24 locomotive, number 5525, is shown in side profile at a rail yard under an overcast sky. August 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A white and maroon SOO Line diesel locomotive with the number 6024 on the cab side, parked on railroad tracks in a yard. SOO Line EMD SD24 diesel locomotive number 6024 is shown in a yard under a cloudy sky. October 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a dark green and orange Soo Line locomotive numbered 4512 on a set of tracks, pulling a dark brown Canadian Pacific boxcar, with industrial buildings and a 'Mannhiem' station sign in the background. Soo Line diesel locomotive 4512 leads a train past the Mannhiem station in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a Canadian Pacific boxcar behind it. October 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a yellow and black Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive, numbered 6811, pulling a freight car on a railroad main line under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive, number 6811, is shown in its yellow and black livery, pulling a freight car in what appears to be Proviso Yard. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 4120, with 4190 partially visible behind it, both in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. Chicago and North Western EMD SD24 locomotive 4120 in its distinctive yellow and green livery, parked in a yard with another unit, 4190, visible in the background. November 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red Soo Line locomotive numbered 761 is shown from the side, sitting on railroad tracks with an industrial building in the background under a gray sky. A Soo Line EMD SD24 diesel locomotive, number 761, in its red livery, is pictured on a set of tracks in an industrial yard on an overcast day. November 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one gray with red lettering and the other red with yellow stripes, sit coupled to a red freight car on railroad tracks with snow on the ground. A Santa Fe EMD SD24 locomotive numbered 333, painted in gray and red, stands coupled to a red GP9 numbered 836 and a freight car in a yard during winter. January 2001 · Park and Lincoln, Dolton, IL A black Southern Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 8633 travels on an elevated steel bridge; below, a street sign reads ONE WAY and bare trees frame the scene. Southern Pacific SD24 diesel locomotive 8633 on an elevated steel bridge in winter. March 2001 · Lake and Keystone, Lake River Forest, IL A side view of SOO Line diesel locomotive 2057, painted orange and black, on railroad tracks with an industrial building and a 'Mannheim' station sign in the background under an overcast sky. SOO Line EMD SD24 diesel locomotive number 2057 in its orange and black livery, standing on the tracks at Mannheim, Illinois. May 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black Soo Line locomotive, number 2041, is stationary on tracks at the Mannheim station, with a blue station sign and a red CP locomotive in the background. A Soo Line EMD SD24 locomotive, number 2041, is shown at the Mannheim station yard on an overcast day. May 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two red and black Dakota Southern diesel locomotives, numbered 213 and 522, are parked on parallel tracks in a field of dry grass. A Dakota Southern SD24 and GP9 locomotive, numbers 213 and 522, sit side-by-side in a grassy yard under a clear sky. September 2001