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A side view of two Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbers 627 and 2652, parked in a gravel rail yard under an overcast sky.

Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive 627 leads a consist in a rail yard, with unit 2652 visible behind it. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 3225 in a rail yard on an overcast day, with other trains and rail equipment nearby.

Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive #3225 stands in a rail yard, with a Canadian National freight car and another UP locomotive visible in the background. March 2000 · Mannheim/Lake St, Melrose Park, IL

Two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives with numbers 1709 and 1734 sit on railroad tracks in a gravel yard, with dry grass in the foreground and a clear sky above.

Two Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotives, numbers 1709 and 1734, are parked side-by-side in a gravel yard under a clear sky. March 2000 · Lake / Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Two orange and black Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbers 627 and 2652, are parked in a gravel rail yard with a utility pole and bare shrubs in the foreground under a grey sky.

Two Union Pacific EMD GP9 locomotives, numbered 627 and 2652, are parked side by side in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbered 1709 and 1734, are parked side-by-side in a gravel yard on a clear day.

Two Union Pacific EMD GP9 diesel locomotives, numbers 1709 and 1734, are shown in a yard setting. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A yellow and gray Union Pacific locomotive with the number 4153 is coupled to a smaller yellow switcher locomotive with the number 1023, both sitting on parallel tracks in a gravel yard under a cloudy sky.

Two Union Pacific diesel locomotives, an SD40-2 and an SW1200, coupled together on a railroad yard track under an overcast sky. March 2000 · Mannheim/Lake St, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a consist of three Union Pacific diesel locomotives in a yard, displaying numbers 3929, 9182, and 8007.

Three Union Pacific diesel locomotives, including a GP38-2 and an SD40-2, are shown in a rail yard. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a white and dark-colored SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 4603 on tracks in a rail yard with other locomotives and a red truck nearby, under a gray sky with bare trees.

SOO Line diesel locomotive 4603, an EMD SD40, stands in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. March 2000 · Lincoln and Front, Franklin Park, IL

A black and orange cabless unit lettered INDIANA HARBOR BELT PB4, coupled to locomotive 3801, on yard tracks under an overcast sky with bare trees and utility poles behind.

Indiana Harbor Belt PB4 coupled to locomotive 3801, likely at Franklin Park, Illinois. March 2000 · Fullerton and 25th, Franklin Park, IL

Black diesel locomotive with an orange nose and orange stripes, number 3801 and the word HARBOR on its side, on a track among utility poles, with a brown boxcar covered in graffiti at the right.

Indiana Harbor Belt 3801 in a yard with a Southern Railway boxcar behind it, under an overcast sky. March 2000 · Fullerton and 25th, Franklin Park, IL

A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with red and blue stripes, number 9941, is parked on a street with an OfficeMax ad on its side and a destination sign reading '5401 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD'.

Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus number 9941 on a clear autumn day, displaying an OfficeMax advertisement and a destination sign for 5401 Olympic Boulevard. March 2000 · Elston and Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL

A side view of a Chicago and North Western yellow and green diesel locomotive number 4406, parked in a gravel yard with bare trees in the foreground and another locomotive partially visible in the background.

Chicago and North Western locomotive 4406, a GP9, sits in a yard on a clear winter day. March 2000 · Mannheim/Lake, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a red six-axle diesel locomotive numbered 6086, lettered 'Rail' beside a white patch, standing on a track behind a gravel lot under an overcast sky with bare trees and utility poles.

Canadian Pacific 6086, with its CP Rail emblem patched out, in the yard at Franklin Park, Illinois. March 2000 · Fullerton and 25th, Franklin Park, IL

A black and orange Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad locomotive, number 3801, stands on tracks in a gravel yard next to a brown freight car with graffiti, under an overcast sky.

An Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad GP38-2 locomotive, number 3801, is shown in a yard with a Soo Line freight car. March 2000 · Fullerton and 25th, Franklin Park, IL

A black and orange Indiana Harbor Belt diesel locomotive, number 3801, is shown on tracks with bare trees in the background on an overcast winter day.

An Indiana Harbor Belt GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 3801, in black and orange livery, pictured on a winter day. March 2000 · Fullerton and 25th, Franklin 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 black Union Pacific locomotive, number 9116, stands on railroad tracks in a yard with green boxcars behind it, under a grey sky, with bare bushes in the foreground.

A Union Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 9116, is seen in a freight yard, pulling green boxcars under an overcast sky. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 1734, standing on tracks in a gravel yard with a second locomotive partially visible behind it.

A Union Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 1734, stands alongside another unit in a rail yard under an overcast sky. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A yellow and black Union Pacific locomotive, number 2247, is parked on a railroad track in a gravel yard with dry grass on a cloudy day.

A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 2247, is seen in a yard on an overcast day. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1738 sits on tracks in a yard with snow patches on the ground, with a white freight car visible behind it.

A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1738, is shown in side profile at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, during winter. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of a yellow Union Pacific locomotive, number 1738, parked on railroad tracks in a gravel yard with patches of snow on the ground.

A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1738, is shown in a yard during winter. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives on a track, with dry grass in the foreground.

A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive, number 3929, leads a consist in a yard, flanked by a second locomotive, number 8007. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of a yellow and black Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 3225, parked on tracks in a rail yard next to other railcars on an overcast day.

A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 3225, is seen in a rail yard on an overcast day. 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

Side view of a yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 8007 on tracks in a winter yard, with a leafless tree in the foreground and a blue locomotive behind it.

A Union Pacific EMD SD70MAC diesel locomotive, number 8007, is seen in a rail yard during winter, with a second unidentified blue locomotive in the background. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A yellow and black Union Pacific locomotive numbered 8007 is on a railroad track, with a bare tree in the foreground and another blue locomotive visible in the background.

A Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 locomotive numbered 8007 is seen in what appears to be the Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, during winter. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 1734, with the number 09 on the unit behind it, on railroad tracks in a yard.

A Union Pacific EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, numbered 1734, is shown in profile at a rail yard, with another locomotive numbered 09 visible behind it. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of a diesel locomotive with 'ROCKY MOUNTAINEER RAILTOURS' lettering and the number 805, stopped on tracks in a yard under an overcast sky.

A side view of HATX 805, an EMD F40PH diesel locomotive, painted in the cream, maroon, and blue livery of Rocky Mountaineer Railtours, sitting idle in a rail yard. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a white and black Soo Line locomotive number 4603 in a rail yard, with other rail equipment and a red truck in the background, under a gray sky with bare trees.

A side view of a weathered Soo Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive, number 4603, in a rail yard under an overcast sky. March 2000 · Lincoln and Front, Franklin Park, IL

Side view of a dark green Rio Grande diesel locomotive, number 5413, with a yellow locomotive, number 4406, behind it, in a gravel yard under an overcast sky.

A Rio Grande GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5413, is seen in a yard with another locomotive behind it. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A dark green Morrison Knudsen diesel locomotive with the number 9044 is sitting on tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky, with another locomotive partially visible behind it.

A Morrison Knudsen GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9044, is shown in a railroad yard. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A dark green and yellow Morrison Knudsen diesel locomotive numbered 9044 sits on tracks in a rail yard on an overcast winter day, with a second locomotive behind it and a wooden utility pole in the foreground.

A Morrison Knudsen GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9044, is shown in a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, with a second locomotive partially visible behind it. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A blue Metra locomotive with number 151 pulls a white and blue double-decker passenger car on a sunny day along a gravel-track railroad.

A Metra EMD F40PH locomotive, number 151, leads a double-decker commuter car on a main line track in Chicago. March 2000 · Bryn Mawr and Avondale, Chicago, IL

A blue and red Metra locomotive numbered 151 pulls a white and blue double-decker commuter car on a railroad track with a grassy foreground and a billboard in the background.

A Metra EMD F40PH locomotive numbered 151 pulls a Gallery commuter car along a private right-of-way in Chicago. March 2000 · Bryn Mawr and Avondale, Chicago, IL

Side view of a cream-colored diesel locomotive with a blue and red stripe, lettered 'Rocky Mountaineer Railtours' and numbered 805, parked on multiple tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky.

A HATX 805 diesel locomotive in Rocky Mountaineer Railtours livery sits on a rail yard track. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A blue GATX locomotive with the number 7361 on its side sits in a rail yard, with a yellow Union Pacific locomotive in the background and bare branches framing the scene.

A GATX Capital Corporation SD40 locomotive, numbered 7361, is parked in a rail yard with bare trees in the foreground. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of two CSX diesel locomotives, numbered 7091 and 368, parked on a track in a gravel yard with dry grass in the foreground.

A CSX Transportation GP38-2 locomotive, number 7091, is coupled to another locomotive, number 368, in a rail yard under an overcast sky. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a gray CSX freight train with blue and yellow stripes, featuring locomotive 368 in the front and 6828 behind it, on a railroad main line in a yard with bare ground and overcast sky.

A CSX GP38-2 locomotive, number 368, stands in a yard alongside an SD40-2, number 6828, under an overcast winter sky. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A blue and gray CSX diesel locomotive numbered 368 is parked on a track in a gravel yard. Other locomotives are visible behind it.

A CSX GP38-2 diesel locomotive, numbered 368, is seen in a rail yard with other locomotives in the background. March 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of a CSX diesel locomotive, number 7091, painted in gray, blue, and yellow, coupled to another similar unit, number 368, on a set of railroad tracks.

A CSX GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 7091, in a yard with a second unit, number 368, coupled behind. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A CP Rail System SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 4618, is seen in a railroad yard, coupled to a GATX hopper car. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A red CP Rail System diesel locomotive numbered 4618 stands on multiple tracks in a rail yard next to a white freight car, under an overcast sky.

A CP Rail System GP40-2 diesel locomotive, number 4618, is seen in a rail yard, coupled to a GM freight car. March 2000 · Lake / Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a red CP Rail diesel locomotive numbered 1511 coupled to a white GN freight car on a multi-track railroad yard under an overcast sky.

A CP Rail SD40-2 locomotive numbered 1511 is shown on a main line, coupled to a Great Northern covered hopper car. March 2000 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL

A blue Conrail locomotive with the number 8420 is stationary on a railroad track next to freight cars, with dry brush in the foreground and an overcast sky.

A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8420, in its blue and white 'Quality' livery, is seen in a yard during winter. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive, number 8420, in a rail yard during winter, with freight cars behind it and bare brush in the foreground.

A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8420, in its 'CONRAIL QUALITY' livery, photographed in a yard during winter. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of a white Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 9941 on the front and rear, parked on a street with a clear sky and another bus visible in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9941, is parked on a city street, featuring an OfficeMax.com advertisement on its side. March 2000 · Elston and Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL

A white, red, and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4744, is parked on a street next to a brick building with a chain-link fence.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4744, is parked on a street near a bus garage on an overcast winter day. March 2000 · Armstrong / Elston, Chicago, IL

A white bus with red and blue stripes, number 1621, is parked at a bus terminal with a distinctive glass-domed building in the background.

A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 1621, is parked at a modern terminal in Chicago. March 2000 · W. Lawrence, Chicago, IL