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A blue and red Metra diesel locomotive numbered 112 pulls a line of stainless steel commuter cars on a track beside a road, with a raised drawbridge and Chicago skyscrapers in the background. Metra diesel locomotive #112 leads a train of gallery cars past a raised drawbridge on a sunny day in Chicago. April 1994 · Canal St. crossing north of Lake St, Chicago, IL A photo of a rail yard beside a river, featuring orange maintenance machines, freight cars, and vehicles, with a large building and elevated road in the background. A winter scene of a rail yard along a river in Chicago, with work equipment and freight cars under a large building and elevated roadway. April 1994 · Lake and Randolph St, Chicago, IL A large orange rail crane and two other pieces of orange track maintenance machinery are parked on railway tracks next to a large, multi-story building with an elevated roadway. A scene of railway maintenance equipment on tracks near a large concrete terminal building in Chicago, likely from the 1990s. April 1994 · Lake and Randolph, Chicago, IL Three orange track maintenance vehicles on a set of train tracks under an elevated highway, with construction equipment and a few people in the background. A consist of three orange Chicago Transit Authority Harsco tampers on a private right-of-way under an elevated structure, with construction equipment visible in the background. April 1994 · Lake and Dearborn, Canal and The River, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with the number 9940 is driving on a city street with tall buildings and taxis in the background, at the corner of Wells and Wacker. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9940, runs on route 125 Wicker Park Express at the intersection of Wells and Wacker in downtown Chicago. April 1994 · Wells and Wacker, Chicago, IL A white, blue, and red CTA bus with the number 4910 is driving down a city street with yellow taxis and tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, number 4910, is seen in action on a city street, heading toward Austin on route 16. April 1994 · La Salle and Wacker, Chicago, IL Two white Metro buses with red and blue stripes are on a city street; the lead bus shows the number 9765 and a destination sign reading 'BOB SPECIAL'. A yellow taxi is nearby, and several other buses are parked in the background. The scene includes flagpoles and red flowers along the curb. Two Metro buses, including #9765 with a 'BOB SPECIAL' sign, are seen on a city street alongside a yellow taxi, with more buses visible in the background. April 18, 1994 A white CTA bus with blue and red stripes, number 723, is driving on a paved road with a bridge in the background and a grassy area to the side. A Chicago Transit Authority GMC New Look TDH-5303 bus, number 723, is seen on a street in Chicago in the 1970s. April 25, 1994 · Chicago, IL A blue, red, and white Metra diesel locomotive numbered 605 pulls a long train of silver passenger cars past a grade crossing, with a city skyline in the background. Metra locomotive 605, an EMD F40PH, pulls a train of silver passenger cars through an urban grade crossing on a clear summer day. April 27, 1994 · Harsted/Green Close-up of the underframe and truck of a rail vehicle, showing a rusty metal frame with the number -4202 painted on it, on a dirt ground beside a concrete curb. Close-up detail of a rail vehicle's underframe and truck, showing the number -4202, possibly from an Amtrak locomotive. April 27, 1994 · 19th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL A yellow and green Chicago and North Western GP7 locomotive numbered 4108 is coupled to a matching caboose numbered 11035, parked on parallel railroad tracks in a yard with signal bridges in the background. Chicago and North Western GP7 locomotive #4108 leads a train through a yard with caboose #11035, showcasing the railroad's yellow and green livery under a clear sky. April 27, 1994 · Elston/Magnolia, Chicago, IL A gray switcher locomotive with red, white and blue stripes and its engine doors open stands beside a rusty switcher numbered 750, behind a guardrail in front of a tall metal building. Amtrak switchers 734 and 750 at the Amtrak yard at 14th and Lumber Streets in Chicago. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL A small gray end-cab diesel switcher numbered 734, with a red, white and blue stripe and its hood doors open, parked beside a shop building with another locomotive, number 750, behind it. Amtrak switcher 734 stands outside the shop building at Amtrak's yard near 18th and Lumber Streets in Chicago. April 27, 1994 · 18th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL Several silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes stand on yard tracks with blue STOP flags in the foreground and a tall black skyscraper in the background. Amtrak locomotives 321 and 406 and other Amtrak units in the yard near 14th Street, with the Sears Tower and the Chicago skyline beyond. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber St, Chicago, IL A silver diesel locomotive with red and blue stripes and Amtrak lettering stands in a rail yard below a street overpass, with a pile of red material and a rusty steel skip in front of it. Amtrak locomotive 834 in the yard near 14th and Lumber Streets, Chicago. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL A silver Amtrak baggage car with red, white and blue stripes stands on a yard track under a street viaduct, with a stainless bilevel coach-dorm car at right, a steel dumpster in front and a brick building lettered Industrial Gases above. Amtrak baggage car 1267 and coach-dorm 39916 in the Amtrak yard beneath the 18th Street viaduct in Chicago. April 27, 1994 · 18th and Lumbar Sts, Chicago, IL Two silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes stand coupled on a yard track, with switches in the foreground and an old brick warehouse behind them. Amtrak 834 and 809 at the Amtrak yard at 14th and Lumber streets in Chicago. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL A silver locomotive with red, white and blue stripes, lettered Amtrak 406, stands on a yard track. Its far end reaches into the open door of a concrete-block shop building, and two more Amtrak locomotives sit to the left. Amtrak 406 at the Amtrak yard at 14th and Lumber Streets, Chicago, with another Amtrak unit and a shop building behind it. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes and number 288 on its number boards stands on yard tracks, with a second Amtrak locomotive numbered 406 inside an open service building and the Sears Tower on the skyline. Amtrak 288 at the Amtrak yard near 14th and Lumber Streets in Chicago, with Amtrak 406 in the service building behind it and Sears Tower in the background. April 27, 1994 · 14th and Lumber Sts, Chicago, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered B2474 is parked on tracks in a rail yard next to other locomotives, with a brick building in the background. A Union Pacific SD40 diesel locomotive, B2474, is shown in a yard with other locomotives. April 27, 1994 · 18th and Lumbar Sts, Chicago, IL A view of a freight rail yard with several tracks, a variety of freight cars including a yellow caboose and a white tank car, a large red Coca-Cola billboard, and green highway signs in the distance. A rail yard scene with multiple freight cars on tracks, a Coca-Cola billboard in the background, and highway signs for Damen, Armitage, North, and Ashland Avenues. April 27, 1994 · Elston/Magnolia, Chicago, IL Two diesel locomotives, one from CSX and one from Union Pacific, are parked side by side in a railroad yard with brick buildings in the background. A CSX Transportation GP40 diesel locomotive numbered 8562 is parked in a yard next to a Union Pacific GP38-2 numbered B2474. April 27, 1994 · 18th and Lumbar Sts, Chicago, IL A yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 4108, is shown from the side on a set of railroad tracks under a clear sky. A Chicago and North Western GP7 diesel locomotive, number 4108, in yellow and green livery, is parked in a yard in Chicago. April 27, 1994 · Elston / Magnolia, 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 A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 363 with red, white and blue stripes stands beside a gray Seaboard System switcher in front of a beige metal shop building with blue door frames, seen across several yard tracks and a guardrail. Amtrak 363 and a Seaboard System switcher outside a locomotive shop at an Amtrak yard. May 1994 A white and orange city bus with the number 3634 and route 8 Market travels down a tree-lined urban street with trolley wires overhead and cars parked along the curb. A San Francisco Municipal Railway New Look bus, number 3634 on route 8 Market, travels down a sunlit street with overhead wires and parked cars. May 1, 1994 · Nr. Duboce, San Francisco, CA A red-orange and black striped diesel locomotive numbered 5186 leads three more locomotives and a long freight train across a paved street, beside an old brick building with a faded painted sign. Canadian National 5186 leads a freight with a Grand Trunk Western unit in the consist over a street crossing at Archer and Knox in Chicago. May 2, 1994 · Archer and Knox, Chicago, IL A red-orange and black Canadian National diesel locomotive with white diagonal stripes leads three more locomotives and a long freight train over a paved grade crossing beside an old brick building with a faded painted sign. Canadian National 5186 leads a freight train across a street crossing, likely at Archer Avenue in Chicago. May 2, 1994 · 5186 Archer, Chicago, IL A red-orange and black diesel locomotive with a CN logo leads three more locomotives and a line of freight cars across a paved street, beside an old brick building with a faded GREEN BROS wall sign. Canadian National 5186 leads a freight train across a street at Archer and Knox in Chicago. May 2, 1994 · Archer and Knox, Chicago, IL A silver and red Metra commuter train car, number 1536, sits on tracks with overhead wires and buildings in the background. A Metra gallery car, numbered 1536, is shown in a yard with an urban skyline in the background. May 3, 1994 · 13th St. Lake Shore Dr A silver and blue electric commuter rail car, number 1519, branded with the Metra logo, sits on a set of tracks with overhead wires, surrounded by trees and infrastructure. A Metra Gallery Car, number 1519, is shown on a private right-of-way, likely in a yard or on a sidetrack, under an overcast sky. May 3, 1994 · 11th and Michigan, Chicago, IL A gray and blue Metra Gallery commuter car numbered 1504 sits on railroad tracks with a city skyline behind it. A Metra Gallery car, number 1504, is seen on a private right-of-way in a yard setting with a city skyline in the background. May 3, 1994 · 13th St. Lakeshore Dr. A silver CTA rapid transit train with the number 3331 and a 'Ravenswood' sign is on an elevated track next to a station platform under a clear sky. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car, numbered 3331, is shown on an elevated track with a 'Ravenswood' destination sign. May 12, 1994 · State and Lake, Chicago, IL A silver and blue Chicago 'L' train, car 766, is shown approaching on elevated tracks with a clear blue sky and city buildings in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority 2000-series rapid transit car, number 766, heading to Midway on the elevated tracks near 35th/Archer station on a clear summer day. May 12, 1994 · 35th Archer Sta., Chicago, IL A yellow and green diesel locomotive with the number 6864 leads a train, followed by a second locomotive, on a set of tracks beside a road with parked cars and trees. Two Chicago and North Western SD40-2 locomotives, numbers 6864 and 6815, lead a freight train through a suburban crossing on a summer day. May 14, 1994 · Prospect and Mt Prospect Rds, Mt Prospect, IL A long passenger train led by a black steam locomotive with an orange band travels down a track lined with a large crowd of spectators on a cloudy day, with a 'CITY OF DES PLAINES' water tower in the background. The Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive No. 765 pulls a passenger train through Des Plaines, Illinois, drawing a large crowd on a spring day. May 14, 1994 · Mannheim and Tour, Des Plaines, IL A black Canadian National steam locomotive numbered 261 is stopped on a street-level railroad crossing, with 1990s cars and onlookers in the background under an overcast sky. Canadian National steam locomotive 261, a 4-8-4, is captured on a fan trip at a street-level crossing during a spring day in the 1990s. May 14, 1994 · Mannheim and Touhy, Des Plaines, IL A long train with 'BLUEWATER' written on its side is parked beside a road where many people are walking and standing, with a large tent and power lines visible in the background. An Amtrak Bluewater train featuring Superliner I cars is stopped alongside a road with a crowd of spectators gathered near a tent, under an overcast sky. May 14, 1994 · Mannheim and Touhy, Des Plaines, IL A yellow railroad work car labeled BUC 1 and CNWX 2001 is coupled to a red gondola with CNW 743002 and a flatcar with L 53 6, stationary at a station platform on a cloudy day. A yellow Chicago and North Western work car, CNWX 2001, is coupled to a red gondola and a flatcar at a station platform. May 14, 1994 · Miner St, Des Plaines, IL A side view of a maroon and cream Metra gallery car on a gravel-track right-of-way, with a person walking alongside. A Metra gallery car on a private right-of-way in Des Plaines, Illinois. May 14, 1994 · Mannheim and Touhy, Des Plaines, IL A large crowd gathers on a sidewalk to watch a vintage Milwaukee Road steam train travel past a water tower marked 'City of Des Plaines' under an overcast sky. A fan trip featuring Milwaukee Road steam locomotive 261 and its consist passes through Des Plaines, Illinois, drawing a large crowd on a spring day. May 14, 1994 · Mannheim and Touhy, Des Plaines, IL A long, silver passenger train with Bluewater lettering is stopped on a grassy track, surrounded by a large crowd of people walking and standing on the adjacent road and grass under an overcast sky. A crowd gathers around a Bluewater passenger train on a private right-of-way. May 14, 1994 · Mannheim and Touhy, Des Plaines, IL Side view of a black steam locomotive, number 261, with a red diamond herald on its side, stopped on tracks with a crew member leaning out of the cab window. A close-up of Chicago & North Western steam locomotive number 261 at Mannheim and Touhy, with its engineer visible in the cab. May 14, 1994 · Mannheim and Touhy, Des Plaines, IL A yellow and green diesel locomotive with the number 6815 and CNW lettering is shown on train tracks beside a grassy area under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western SD40-2 locomotive, number 6815, in yellow and green livery, on a private right-of-way. May 14, 1994 · Prospect and Mt Prospect Rds, Mt Prospect, IL A side view of a rusted Chicago and North Western freight car next to a work train with a yellow crane on a sunny day at a station platform. A Chicago and North Western freight car, number 14300, is coupled to a work train with a yellow crane at a station platform in Des Plaines, Illinois, in the late 1990s. May 14, 1994 · Miner ST., Des Plaines, IL A gray freight car marked CNW X2 51112 is on the tracks beside a station platform, with several workers in hard hats on the tracks and a yellow maintenance vehicle nearby. A Chicago and North Western boxcar sits on a private right-of-way at a station platform while workers perform track maintenance nearby. May 14, 1994 · Miner St, Des Plaines, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority motor bus numbered 4800, displaying route 79 to Western, parked on a street with trees in the background. CTA motor bus 4800, a GM New Look TDH-5303, is shown on the 79 Western route on a sunny day. May 15, 1994 · 79th Lake Front, Chicago, IL A yellow railroad crane mounted on a flatcar sits at a street-level railroad crossing, with a bank building visible in the background under an overcast sky. A Metra Suburban Division flatcar (MSTL X 1248) with a Bucyrus-Erie railroad crane at a grade crossing in Des Plaines, Illinois, with a PlainsBank of Illinois building in the background. May 22, 1994 · Miner St, Des Plaines, IL