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EMD SW1200

145 photographs
A red and yellow Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1435 is parked on railroad tracks in a yard, next to a white freight car, with a bridge and utility poles visible in the background. A Canadian Pacific EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 1435, is shown in a yard with a TC WR freight car, under overcast skies. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Bensenville, IL A red and yellow Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive, number 1435, is parked on tracks in a rail yard, coupled to a white tank car, with brown autumn weeds in the foreground under an overcast sky. A Canadian Pacific EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 1435, in its red-and-yellow livery, is seen in a yard with freight cars, likely in Melrose Park, Illinois, in the late 1970s or 1980s. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two red Canadian Pacific locomotives, numbered 1206 and 1202, are parked on railroad tracks next to signs that read 'SHIPPING AND RECEIVING' and 'NO PARKING ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS'. Two Canadian Pacific EMD SW1200 diesel locomotives, numbers 1206 and 1202, are parked side by side in a yard at dusk. December 1998 · Green St / Near York, Bensenville, IL Side view of a Canadian Pacific locomotive number 1206 in orange paint, parked in a yard with another locomotive nearby under a clear blue sky. A Canadian Pacific SW1200 switcher, number 1206, in orange livery, stands in a rail yard next to another CP locomotive. December 1998 · Green St/Near York, Bensenville, IL Two white and red SOO Line diesel locomotives, numbered 383 and 1400, are parked on parallel tracks in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a water tower visible in the background. Two SOO Line EMD SW1200 switchers, numbers 383 and 1400, are seen in a yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a red and grey SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 1400, stopped on a track next to a station sign that reads 'Mannhiem Platform 2'. SOO Line EMD SW1200 locomotive #1400 at the Mannhiem station platform, coupled to a GROX freight car. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 543 is parked on tracks in a rail yard, with industrial buildings in the background under a cloudy sky. Soo Line 543, an EMD SW1200 switcher, sits in a rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a black and orange Indiana Harbor Belt diesel locomotive numbered 9206, parked on tracks in a gravel yard with bare trees in the background. Indiana Harbor Belt locomotive 9206, an EMD SW1200, is parked in a yard in winter. December 1999 · FULLERTON / 105th AVE, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a dark-colored NREX locomotive numbered 2036 sitting on tracks in a rail yard at dusk, with smoke rising from an industrial building behind it. An NREX EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 2036, is shown in a rail yard at dusk, with industrial structures and smoke in the background. December 1999 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one black with orange lettering reading 'INDIAN HARBOR 9209' and one dark blue with white lettering reading 'IHB 1505', are coupled in a railroad yard with a pile of gravel and bare trees in the background. An Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 9209, is shown in a yard with a pile of ballast in the foreground. December 1999 · FULLERTON/25th AVE, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a black and orange Indiana Harbor Belt diesel locomotive, number 9218, sitting on tracks in a gravel yard with bare trees in the background. An Indiana Harbor Belt EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 9218, is shown in a yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, wearing the railroad's black and orange livery. December 1999 · Fullerton /25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL A blue Indiana Harbor Belt diesel locomotive with the number 1505 and the words BOARD SYSTEM on its side, parked in a gravel yard with bare trees and other locomotives nearby. An Indiana Harbor Belt EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1505, sits in a rail yard with other locomotives in the background. December 1999 · Fullerton/25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a black I&M Rail Link diesel locomotive, number 202, sitting on tracks in an industrial yard during dusk. An I&M Rail Link SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 202, is shown in a rail yard at dusk. December 1999 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A yellow Chicago and North Western SW1200 diesel locomotive, numbered 1302, is parked in a gravel yard alongside a blue and white GP9 locomotive, with a Union Pacific freight car in the background under an overcast sky. A yellow Chicago and North Western SW1200 switcher, number 1302, stands in a yard with a blue and white GP9 locomotive, number 1505, visible behind it. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western locomotive number 1302 in a gravel rail yard, with a red freight car and a blue and white locomotive in the background. A Chicago and North Western EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1302, is shown in a rail yard. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two black and orange Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad diesel locomotives, numbered 8830 and 8821, are parked side by side in a grassy rail yard under an overcast sky. Two Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad EMD SW1200 diesel locomotives, numbered 8830 and 8821, are seen side by side in a rail yard. January 2000 · Chicago, IL A side view of a yellow and black Chicago and North Western SW1200 diesel locomotive numbered 1310, standing in a snowy rail yard with other freight cars in the background. Chicago and North Western SW1200 diesel locomotive #1310 in yellow and black livery, photographed in a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, during winter. January 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 1393 is shown in side view on railroad tracks in a yard, with a dark freight car behind it and a building in the background. A Union Pacific SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1393, is seen in profile in a railyard, pulling a freight car marked with the BNSF reporting mark BX. January 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Soo Line diesel locomotive pulls freight cars on tracks in a yard covered with snow under a clear blue sky. Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive number 1538 leads a freight train past Illinois Central boxcars in a snowy yard. February 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL SOO Line diesel locomotive number 1538, painted in black and orange with white trim, is shown on a railroad track pulling freight cars in a yard under an overcast sky. SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive #1538 leads a freight train in a yard, likely in Franklin Park, Illinois. February 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a yellow and black Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1005, standing on tracks in a rail yard with freight cars behind it. Union Pacific SW1200 diesel locomotive No. 1005 is pictured in a rail yard under an overcast sky. March 2000 · Mannheim/Lake St, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and black Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1005 is parked on railroad tracks in a yard, with freight cars and a sign reading 'SAFETY FIRST' in the background. Union Pacific SW1200 diesel locomotive 1005 in a yard. March 2000 · Mannheim/Lake St, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive, numbered 1023, is parked on parallel tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A Union Pacific SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1023, is shown in side profile in a rail yard. March 2000 · Mannheim/Lake St, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and red Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1023 sits on tracks in a yard with freight cars attached, under an overcast sky. A Union Pacific EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1023, is shown in a rail yard. March 2000 · Mannheim/Lake St, Melrose Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one orange with JTPX 1503 and the other blue with CSX 5894, are parked next to each other in a gravel rail yard under a clear sky. An orange JTPX 1503 SW1200 switcher locomotive and a blue and yellow CSX 5894 GP38-2 locomotive are parked side-by-side in a rail yard. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red and white SOO Line diesel locomotive number 1535 is parked next to a brown freight car in a yard with a station sign for Mannheim Platform 2 visible in the background. SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive number 1535 is shown at Mannheim station in a yard setting. May 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red and white SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 35, sits on tracks in a large rail yard filled with shipping containers, viewed from an elevated position under a clear blue sky. SOO Line EMD SW1200 #35 switches intermodal containers in a yard under the Mannheim Bridge in Franklin Park, Illinois. May 2000 · Mannheim Bridge and Front, Franklin Park, IL An elevated view of a Soo Line SW1200 locomotive moving through a sprawling rail yard filled with freight cars and shipping containers, located in Franklin Park, Illinois. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 switcher, #1535, works in a busy intermodal yard under a clear summer sky. May 2000 · Mannheim Bridge and Keont St, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail diesel locomotive, number 1511, is parked in a rail yard with a caboose. A person stands on the front platform. The ground is bare and gravelly, indicating winter. A CP Rail EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 1511, is shown in a rail yard with a caboose, number 96, during winter. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one yellow and green and the other black and red, are parked side-by-side on railroad tracks in a gravel yard with dry weeds in the foreground under a gray, overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western EMD SW1200, number 5512, stands in a snow-dusted yard alongside an EMD GP9, number 9386, under an overcast sky. July 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1422 sits on multiple tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky. A Canadian Pacific EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1422, is shown in a rail yard on an overcast day. August 2000 · Ernst and Front, Franklin Park, IL A black HLGX 6808 diesel locomotive on tracks in a rail yard, with a person standing near its steps and a blue locomotive partially visible behind it. An HLGX 6808 diesel locomotive is seen in a rail yard, with a worker nearby and another locomotive in the background. September 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific SW1200 locomotive numbered 1429 is pulling a black GATX tank car on a set of railroad tracks in a yard. A Canadian Pacific SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1429, is seen pulling a GATX tank car in a yard under an overcast sky. September 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 1422 sits on railroad tracks next to a freight car, with industrial buildings in the background. A Canadian Pacific EMD SW1200 locomotive numbered 1422 leads a freight car in a rail yard. September 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A yellow and black HLCX 1518 diesel locomotive stands in a rail yard with other locomotives under a cloudy sky. HLCX 1518, an EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, is seen in a rail yard under an overcast sky with other locomotives nearby. November 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a dark green and orange Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad diesel locomotive, number 8830, in a railroad yard at dusk next to a grey freight car. An Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 8830, stands in a yard at dusk with a freight car behind it. November 2000 · Chicago, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 1393, with a freight car behind it, on a mainline track in a rail yard under an overcast sky. A Union Pacific EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, numbered 1393, stands on a mainline track in a rail yard, pulling a freight car. November 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black and orange diesel locomotive with the words Indian Harbor Belt and number 8817 on its side, pulling a line of freight cars in a yard under an overcast sky with bare trees. An Indian Harbor Belt EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 8817, in black and orange livery, is pictured in a yard with a short string of BNSF freight cars on a winter day. December 2000 · State and Gostlin, IL A side view of a dark gray Illinois Central diesel locomotive, number 1504, on train tracks with bare trees and snow patches in the background. An Illinois Central SW1200 switcher, number 1504, in dark gray livery, sits on the rails in a winter yard scene. February 2001 · Thornton, IL A black Illinois Central diesel locomotive numbered 1504 is parked on tracks next to a white AMCX tank car, with utility poles and wires overhead on a clear day. An Illinois Central SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1504, is shown in a yard setting in February 2001, with an AMCX tank car visible in the background. February 2001 · Thornton, IL A black and white Illinois Central diesel locomotive, number 8747, is parked on tracks in a snowy yard with a yellow locomotive nearby. An Illinois Central EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 8747, is parked in a snow-covered yard next to another locomotive. February 2001 · Harvey, IL A black and red Soo Line locomotive numbered 1553 stands on tracks at Mannheim station, with a worker in high-visibility vest nearby and several freight cars, including a white boxcar and a red boxcar, in the background under an overcast sky. Soo Line EMD SW1200 locomotive 1553 in a freight yard at Mannheim, Illinois, with a worker nearby and freight cars in the background. May 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 2026, painted orange and black, coupled to a flatcar hauling a white trailer with 'EMP' on its side, set against an industrial backdrop with grain silos. SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive #2026, in orange and black livery, is shown in a freight yard pulling a flatcar with an EMP trailer. May 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 2026, pulling a white freight car with an EMP logo, on a set of railroad tracks. Soo Line diesel locomotive 2026, an EMD SW1200, is shown pulling a freight train with an EMP intermodal container on a flatcar. May 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black and red Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 1553, is stopped at a station with several freight cars in the background. A person in a safety vest walks alongside the tracks. A blue station sign reads 'Mannheim To Chicago Platform 2'. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1553, is pictured at Mannheim station in Illinois, with Milwaukee Road and HI freight cars nearby. May 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red and yellow Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 1434 is coupled to a black tank car in a rail yard with industrial tanks in the background. A Canadian Pacific SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1434, stands in a rail yard with a PRGX tank car. August 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red and yellow Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 1434 is parked on railroad tracks next to a black tank car marked PRGX 10792, viewed from under a bridge on an overcast day. A Canadian Pacific EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 1434, is seen in a yard alongside a PRGX tank car in Franklin Park, Illinois. August 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotives numbered 418 and 419 are seen crossing a large metal truss bridge over a river with boats moored below. Two Union Pacific SW1200 diesel locomotives, numbers 418 and 419, cross a truss bridge over the Chicago River. September 2001 · CHICAGO RIVER and 19th ST, Chicago, IL