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Equipment

EMD SD40-2

219 photographs
A side view of a white and orange SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 4417, standing on tracks in a snowy railyard with multiple parallel tracks and freight containers in the background under an overcast sky. SOO Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive number 4417 in a snow-covered yard. January 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail System diesel locomotive, numbered 5849, is shown on railroad tracks beside a snow-covered field, with a second locomotive and freight cars behind it. A CP Rail System SD40-2 locomotive, number 5849, leads a freight train through a snowy, grade-level crossing in Franklin Park, Illinois. January 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two red and white diesel locomotives with 'SOO' lettering, numbered 6240 and 6241, are parked on snow-covered tracks on a cloudy day. Two SOO Line EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotives, numbers 6240 and 6241, are shown side by side on a snowy day. February 1998 · Green/Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A side view of a grey and red SOO Line locomotive numbered 6008, pulling a dark freight car, stopped on multiple tracks next to a utility box labeled Scott Street under an overcast sky. SOO Line locomotive 6008, an EMD SD40-2, leads a freight train past a Scott Street utility box in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a second SOO locomotive visible behind it. February 1998 · Scott and Pacific, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line 6012 diesel locomotive leads a train through a snowy rail yard, with CP Rail locomotives nearby. SOO Line 6012, an EMD SD40-2, leads a consist with CP Rail 5565, an EMD GP38, in a snowy yard in Bensenville, Illinois. February 1998 · Green/Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 6604 is parked on snowy tracks, with a person in an orange hat standing on its steps. Another red SOO train is next to it, and a water tower is visible in the background. A SOO Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive, number 6604, stands in a snowy yard, with a crew member on the steps and another SOO locomotive, number 749, alongside. February 1998 · green/evergreen, Bensenville, IL Two SOO Line diesel locomotives, numbers 6018 and 8301, are parked on parallel tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky, with a 'SHIPPING AND RECEIVING' sign in the foreground. A SOO Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive, number 6018, is shown in profile at a rail yard, with another SD40-2, number 8301, behind it. February 1998 · Franklin W/ of Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A white and red Soo Line locomotive numbered 6027 is on train tracks beside a grassy area with bare trees in the background. Soo Line EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive number 6027 in its white and red livery, coupled to a freight car on a main line in winter. March 8, 1998 · York Rd, Bensenville, IL Side view of a white and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive with number 4451, parked in a gravel-yard setting under an overcast sky. Soo Line SD40-2 diesel locomotive number 4451 in a yard. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL An orange SOO Line diesel locomotive #4509 on a set of railroad tracks in a yard under an overcast sky, with another locomotive partially visible behind it. SOO Line EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive #4509 in its distinctive orange livery, photographed in a rail yard. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a white SOO 4601 locomotive with black lettering, parked on tracks next to an orange SOO 4509 locomotive, in a gravel yard under a gray sky. SOO 4601, an EMD SD40-2 locomotive, sits in a yard beside SOO 4509, a GP38-2, under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a blue Wisconsin Central Ltd. locomotive numbered 222 leading a line of locomotives on multiple tracks, with a muddy foreground and an overcast sky. A Wisconsin Central Ltd. SD40-2 locomotive, number 222, leads a consist of similarly numbered units through a rail yard on an overcast day. April 1998 · Franklin / Wolf, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a Soo Line SD40-2 locomotive, number 4601, in a rail yard, with another Soo Line locomotive, number 4509, partially visible behind it on an adjacent track. A Soo Line SD40-2 locomotive, number 4601, is shown in a rail yard, with another Soo Line locomotive, number 4509, visible in the background. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a bright orange Soo Line locomotive numbered 4509 parked on a set of tracks in a yard on an overcast day, with another locomotive visible behind it. A Soo Line EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 4509, is shown in its orange livery in a rail yard. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a blue Rail Link locomotive number 364, with another locomotive numbered 393 behind it, both sitting on railroad tracks in a yard on an overcast day. A Rail Link SD40-2 locomotive, number 364, is seen in a yard with another unit, number 393, in the background. April 1998 · Franklin/Wolf, Franklin Park, IL A blue and yellow CSX diesel locomotive, number 7644, is parked on railroad tracks in a gravel yard. A CSX Transportation SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 7644, stands on a main line track in a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a blue Conrail locomotive number 6276, parked in a gravel rail yard with other freight cars in the background under an overcast sky. A Conrail SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 6276, in blue livery, photographed in a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive, number 5722, parked on tracks in a yard under an overcast sky. A Canadian Pacific EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 5722, is seen in a rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive, number 5722, is parked on tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A Canadian Pacific EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 5722, in red livery, is shown in a railroad yard. April 1998 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two maroon and yellow Wisconsin Central diesel locomotives, one numbered 7500 and the other 6555, sit on parallel tracks in a yard at dusk. A Wisconsin Central SD40-2 locomotive, number 7500, is shown on the tracks with a second unit, 6555, in the background, likely in a yard at dusk. May 1998 · 85th and Montrose Union Pacific locomotive number 9366, a yellow SD40-2 diesel, sits on tracks in a snowy yard with another locomotive beside it. A Union Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 9366, is shown in a yard during winter, with another locomotive visible behind it. May 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a blue and yellow CSX locomotive, number 5900, sitting on tracks surrounded by gravel under a clear sky. A CSX Transportation EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 5900, is seen parked in a gravel yard. May 1998 · Fullerton and 25th, Franklin Park, IL A white and red SOO Line diesel locomotive, numbered 414, stands on the tracks under a concrete overpass, with a person visible on the rear platform and intermodal containers on flatcars nearby. SOO Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive number 414 is shown at a grade crossing in Franklin Park, Illinois, with intermodal freight cars in the background. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A black Norfolk Southern diesel locomotive numbered 3218 sits on tracks in a rail yard, surrounded by weeds, with a person walking beside it and another in the cab. A Norfolk Southern EMD SD40-2 locomotive, number 3218, in a rail yard during the summer, with crew visible in the cab. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Norfolk Southern diesel locomotive, number 8612, is parked in a rail yard. Another locomotive with Rio Grande lettering is partially visible behind it. A Norfolk Southern EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 8612, in a rail yard. June 1998 · Fullerton/25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific locomotive, number 913, standing in a gravel yard next to a second similar locomotive under a clear sky. Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive number 913, in its yellow and grey livery, is parked in a yard alongside another UP locomotive. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red Soo Line diesel locomotive number 2403 and a red caboose are on railroad tracks beneath a concrete highway bridge on a clear day. Soo Line SD40-2 diesel locomotive number 2403, painted in its classic red livery, is pictured on a main line with a matching caboose, under a concrete highway overpass. August 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a white and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 6010, with an Amtrak blue and silver locomotive behind it, on parallel railroad tracks under an overcast sky. Soo Line SD40-2 6010 leads a train past an Amtrak F40PH on a main line in Illinois. August 1998 · FULLERTON and 25th AVE, Franklin Park, IL A white and red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 765 sits on railroad tracks in a yard, with trees in the background under an overcast sky. SOO Line locomotive 765, an EMD SD40-2, is shown in a yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, with its distinctive white and red livery. August 1998 · FULLERTON and 25th AVE, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a red Canadian Pacific locomotive, number 6062, parked on tracks in a yard with trees in the background. A Canadian Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 6062, in its iconic red livery, is shown in a rail yard. August 1998 · FULLERTON and 25th AVE, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive with number 513, parked next to a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive with number 2995 in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A blue Conrail SD40-2 locomotive numbered 513 sits in a yard next to a yellow Union Pacific GP40 numbered 2995. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive, number 6235, parked on tracks in a railyard, with a second Union Pacific locomotive, number 9319, visible behind it. A Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive, number 6235, is parked in a yard alongside another Union Pacific locomotive, number 9319, a GP38-2. August 2, 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Norfolk Southern freight train with two locomotives passes a red stop sign next to parked cars on a gravel lot, under a clear sky. A Norfolk Southern freight train with SD40-2 locomotives numbered 3565 and 4111 passes a stop sign on a street in Melrose Park, Illinois, in the 1990s. August 2, 1998 · FULLERTON / 25th Ave, Melrose Park, IL A black-and-white photo shows two Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbered 6249 and 3824, side-by-side on tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. Union Pacific locomotives 6249, an SD40-2, and 3824, a GP9, are coupled together in a rail yard. September 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Black-and-white side view of a six-axle Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered B4240, parked in a rail yard with other locomotives under an overcast sky, with weeds in the foreground. Union Pacific B4240 in Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois, near Lake Street and Mannheim Road. September 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific SD40-2 locomotive numbered 5637 sits on a track behind a chain-link fence, viewed from across a paved street. A Canadian Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 5637, photographed on a private right-of-way. September 1998 · Green St, Bensenville, IL A black Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 5077 moves along tracks beside a station platform under an overcast sky. Chicago and North Western SD40-2 locomotive #5077 approaching a station platform in Elmwood Park, Illinois. September 1, 1998 · Elmwood Park, IL A red and yellow Canadian Pacific locomotive, number 475, is on the tracks at a station platform with parked cars and a brick apartment building in the background. A Canadian Pacific EMD SD40-2 locomotive, number 475, approaches a station platform under an overcast sky. September 3, 1998 · Montclare, Chicago, IL Two diesel locomotives, one green and one red, pull a freight train with a white semi-trailer on a flatcar along a railroad main line under a clear sky. A Norfolk and Western SD40-2 locomotive #7920 leads a freight train with a Hammerhead Leasing SD40-2 #6516 in tow, hauling a semi-trailer on a flatcar along a railroad main line. September 10, 1998 · Cicero, IL A red Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 5401 is pulling a long freight train on a sunny day, viewed from the side of the tracks with houses and trees in the background. A Canadian Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 5401, leads a freight train along a railroad main line on a clear summer day. September 10, 1998 · Elmwood Park, IL A side view of a white and red SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 6034, parked in a gravel rail yard with another locomotive and a freight car behind it. SOO Line SD40-2 locomotive 6034, in white and red livery, is seen in a rail yard with another unit, 6017, in the background. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a white SOO locomotive numbered 6017 parked in a gravel yard next to a blue CSX locomotive and another SOO unit, all under a gray sky. SOO Line diesel locomotive 6017, likely an EMD SD40-2, is parked in a rail yard alongside CSX locomotive 8218 and another SOO unit, under an overcast sky. December 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a gray, blue, and yellow CSX diesel locomotive numbered 8218, standing on tracks in a rail yard on an overcast winter day, with a blue dumpster in the foreground. A CSX Transportation EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 8218, is pictured in the Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. December 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 9656 is shown from the side in a rail yard, with a second matching locomotive behind it and a concrete overpass to the left. A Canadian Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 9656, in a rail yard under an overpass, with another unit of the same class visible behind it. December 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two blue and gray CSX locomotives with yellow fronts are parked on adjacent tracks in a gravel yard with weeds growing between the rails; the lead unit is numbered 8108 and the trailing unit is 8430. Two CSX SD40-2 locomotives, #8108 and #8430, are shown standing on parallel tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky. c. 1999 · Lincoln/Front, Franklin Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 5008 is parked in a snowy yard, with another red CP locomotive partially visible beside it. A Canadian Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 5008, is pictured in a snow-covered yard alongside another CP locomotive. January 1999 · Green St/Near Elmhurst Rd, Franklin Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 8543 pulls a long freight train on a snowy day, passing a brick building and grade crossing signals. A Canadian Pacific SD40-2 locomotive, number 8543, leads a freight train through a snowy grade crossing in Montclare, Illinois. January 8, 1999 · Montclare, IL Two red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotives, numbers 8542 and 43, on snowy railroad tracks with buildings in the background. A Canadian Pacific SD40-2 locomotive, number 8542, leads a consist through a snowy urban area, with a second unit, number 43, visible behind it. January 8, 1999 · Mont Clare, IL