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Side view of a white Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 5612, parked on a street with a clear sky and a brick building in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus numbered 5612 is parked on a street, displaying a route sign for '88' and an advertisement reading 'The End of a Millennium? Or the Beginning of Forever?' March 2000 · Armstrong and Elston, Chicago, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with red and blue stripes, numbered 5635, is driving on a wet street in front of a building with a sign for Norwood and a car wash. The sky is gray and overcast. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40LFC bus, number 5635, is shown on a wet, overcast day while operating on route 56 to Northwest Highway. March 2000 · Northwest/Highway and Sayre, Chicago, IL A white, blue, and red Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 5844, is parked on a city street with bare trees and snow on the ground, with a white van parked nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40LF bus, number 5844, is pictured on a winter street, likely at the intersection of Dearborn and Washington streets. March 2000 · Dearborn and Washington, Chicago, IL A white and blue CTA bus with the number 5604 parked outside a brick garage on a wet, overcast day, with two cars in the background and stop signs on the building. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40LF bus, number 5604, is parked outside a garage on a rainy day. March 2000 · Armstrong and Elston, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with red and blue stripes, number 5593, is parked on a street at dusk with 'The 10th Kingdom' ad on its side. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40LF bus, number 5593, parked on a street at dusk, displaying an advertisement for 'The 10th Kingdom'. March 2000 · Armstrong/Elston, Chicago, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 5736, is driving down a wide city street lined with tall buildings on a cloudy day, with other vehicles and street signs visible. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40 bus, number 5736, operates on the 62 Archer route at the intersection of Dearborn and Washington Streets in downtown Chicago during the mid-1990s. March 2000 · Dearborn and Washington, Chicago, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority Grumman motor bus, numbered 312, parked at an outdoor transit facility with a multi-story parking garage in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Grumman motor bus, numbered 312, is shown in a side-front view at a transit facility. March 2000 A white Chicago Transit Authority bus with a red and blue stripe, number 5625, is parked in a wet lot with other buses behind it, under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 5625, is positioned in a yard with other buses in the background, displaying route 85 to Bryn Mawr. March 2000 · Armstrong/Elston, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with blue and red stripes, numbered 5592, parked in front of a brick building with a destination sign reading 'BRYN MAWR' and an advertisement on its side. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 5592, is parked at Forest Glen Garage with a destination of Bryn Mawr displayed on its front sign. March 2000 · Forest Glen Garage, Chicago, IL Side view of a white CTA bus with blue and red stripes, number 5575, showing an anti-drug ad with a bowling ball, parked in a lot with bare trees in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 5575, parked in a yard, displaying a public service announcement advertisement. March 2000 · Armstrong/Elston, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with red and blue stripes, number 5574, parked on a street in front of a brick building with glass block windows, facing slightly left with 'NAVY PIER' on its destination sign. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 5574, is parked outside a brick building, displaying 'NAVY PIER' as its destination. March 2000 · Armstrong and Elston, Chicago, IL A white and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus with the number 4744 parked on a street next to a chain-link fence and a brick building with glass-block windows, under a cloudy sky. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 4744, is parked on a street in front of a brick building with glass-block windows on an overcast winter day. March 2000 · Armstrong/Elston, Chicago, IL Side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive numbered 4406, parked in a gravel yard with bare trees and another locomotive partly visible behind. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 4406, in its yellow and green livery, stands in a yard in Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois. March 2000 · Mannheim/Lake, Melrose Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 8527 is seen on railroad tracks under a concrete bridge, with a white freight car marked 'SO' behind it. A Canadian Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 8527, stands on the tracks under an overpass on an overcast day. March 2000 · Lincoln and Front, Franklin Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 8527 travels on a railroad track under a highway overpass, with a freight car marked 'SO' visible behind it. A Canadian Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 8527, in red livery, passes under an overpass with a Southern Railway freight car in the background. March 2000 · Lincoln/Front, Franklin Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 1511 is parked next to a white Great Northern freight car on multiple railway tracks under an overcast sky. A Canadian Pacific EMD SD40 locomotive numbered 1511 sits at a rail yard next to a Great Northern covered hopper. March 2000 · Front / Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a yellow and red Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 9728, with two other locomotives attached, sitting on tracks in a gravel yard under a clear sky. Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive #9728, likely in the 1980s or 1990s, is seen in side profile at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, with two other units in consist. April 2000 · Lake / Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and green Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 6858 is parked in a railroad yard on an overcast winter day, with other locomotives and a truck carrying an oversize load nearby. Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive 6858, originally from the Chicago and North Western, is shown in a yard with other locomotives. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered B4226 seen from the side on a yard track, with a black tank car and another yellow locomotive numbered 2987 behind it. Union Pacific B4226 sits in the yard beside unit 2987 at Melrose Park, Illinois. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and red Union Pacific locomotives, numbers 2149 and 9728, stand coupled on tracks in a yard, with a leafless tree and a gravel foreground. Two Union Pacific EMD SD40 diesel locomotives, numbers 2149 and 9728, are coupled together in a rail yard under a clear sky. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotives with red stripes sit on tracks in a gravel yard, with locomotive 2652 in the foreground and 606 behind it. Two Union Pacific EMD GP9 locomotives, numbers 2652 and 606, are parked side by side in a gravel yard under overcast skies. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two black Illinois Central locomotives, numbered 9574 and 9613, stand on railroad tracks next to a grassy embankment and a paved road. The lead locomotive displays an Operation Lifesaver logo. Two Illinois Central SD40-2 diesel locomotives, 9574 and 9613, are seen side-by-side on a main line in Kankakee, Illinois, under a clear sky. April 2000 · Kankakee, IL Two white Chicago Transit Authority buses with red and blue stripes are parked side by side on a street, with one displaying the destination 'Elston Bryn Maw' and the number 9908 on its front. Two Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro buses, including number 9908, are parked on a street in Chicago on an overcast day. April 2000 · Armstrong/Elston, Chicago, IL A street-level view of the Chicago Transit Authority's Forest Glen Garage, a mid-century modern building with a green tile exterior and a large circular CTA logo, with a bus visible inside through the windows. The Forest Glen Garage of the Chicago Transit Authority, featuring its distinctive green tile facade and circular CTA logo, viewed from across the street on a clear spring day. April 2000 · Armstrong and Elston, Chicago, IL A low-angle view across a street of a long, single-story CTA garage building with a green tiled front and a flat roof, surrounded by a chain-link fence and utility poles under a clear sky. The Chicago Transit Authority's Forest Glen Garage, a mid-century modern building with a flat roof and green tile facade, viewed from across a street on a clear day. April 2000 · Armstrong and Elston, Chicago, IL A yellow and black self-propelled railcar, number 137 for Speary Rail Service, is parked on tracks beside a building and a white utility truck. Speary Rail Service Budd RDC 137, painted yellow with a black stripe, rests on a private right-of-way with a utility truck and a building in the background. April 2000 · Downtown - Bensonville A side view of a Southern Pacific diesel locomotive, number 8508, painted black and standing in a gravel rail yard on a cloudy day. Southern Pacific diesel locomotive 8508, an EMD GP9, is shown in profile at a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A white IndyGo bus with fleet number 8652, carrying a 'Census 2000' ad, travels down a city street lined with trees and buildings. IndyGo bus 8652, a New Flyer D40LF, is seen on Meridian Street in Indianapolis during the 2000 census hiring period. April 2000 · Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN A white Indianapolis bus with green and blue stripes, numbered 8644, drives down a city street with trees and a large stone church in the background. Indianapolis Transit System bus 8644, a New Flyer D40, travels down Meridian Street in front of a Gothic-style building. April 2000 · Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN A yellow and green Illinois Central locomotive marked 685 is parked in a gravel yard next to another locomotive, with a black truck trailer carrying an oversize load in front of them under an overcast sky. Illinois Central GP38-2 locomotives, including number 685, are parked in a rail yard with a flatbed trailer carrying an oversize load in the foreground. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A white, blue, and red Chicago Transit Authority bus, numbered 4739, is parked on a street next to a green tiled building with a CTA sign. CTA bus 4739, a GM New Look TDH-5303, is shown on a winter day at the Armstrong/Elston location in Chicago. April 2000 · Armstrong/Elston, Chicago, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority motor bus with blue and red stripes, fleet number 5641, is parked on a street with bare trees in the background under an overcast sky. Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus number 5641 is parked on a street, displaying a destination sign for 'ELSTON' and featuring a Peescake advertisement. April 2000 · Armstrong/Elston, Chicago, IL A side-view photograph of a Chicago and North Western locomotive numbered 8688 in orange and black, paired with a Union Pacific locomotive, in a gravel yard under a cloudy sky. Chicago and North Western GP38-2 8688 in orange and black livery sits in a rail yard next to a Union Pacific locomotive under an overcast sky. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, 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 white IndyGo motor bus, number 8652, is driving on a city street with a Coca-Cola logo on its front and other cars nearby. An IndyGo bus, number 8652, in its white and blue livery with a Coca-Cola advertisement, travels down a street in Indianapolis. April 2000 · Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN Side view of a black Illinois Central diesel locomotive with 'Operation Lifesaver' lettering, pulling another locomotive on a track beside green grass under a clear sky. An Illinois Central GP9 diesel locomotive, number 9574, painted in a special 'Operation Lifesaver' livery, leads a consist on a main line in a grassy area. April 2000 · Kankakee, IL Side view of a black Illinois Central diesel locomotive numbered 9613 on a grassy track with houses and power lines in the background. An Illinois Central GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 9613 is shown on a private right-of-way in a suburban setting on a clear spring day. April 2000 · Kankakee, IL Side view of an Illinois Central gray caboose and a black locomotive on a railroad track with grass in the foreground. An Illinois Central caboose numbered IC 199418 is coupled to an Illinois Central GP38-2 locomotive numbered 9574, standing on a main line track under an overcast sky. April 2000 · Kankakee, IL A white Pace bus with fleet number 8863 is parked on a paved lot, its side displaying a large American Express advertisement that reads 'NEXT STOP: CASHLESS SOCIETY'. A white Pace motor bus, number 8863, parked on a street and advertising 'NEXT STOP: CASHLESS SOCIETY' for American Express under a clear blue sky. April 2000 · Harlem and Higgins, Chicago, IL A side-front view of a white Chicago Transit Authority bus with blue and red stripes, fleet number 5624, displaying route 77 to Cumberland on its sign, parked on a wet street under an overcast sky. A white Chicago Transit Authority Motor bus, number 5624, on route 77 to Cumberland, parked on a wet, overcast day. April 2000 · Armstrong/Elston, Chicago, IL Side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 606, parked in a gravel yard with another locomotive behind it, both bearing the 'Union Pacific' name in red lettering. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 606, is shown in the yard alongside another UP locomotive, number 7370, under an overcast sky. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 2273, in a gravel yard with other locomotives visible. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 2273, sits in a yard alongside other UP locomotives under an overcast sky. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 1708, parked on tracks at a rail yard on a clear day. A second locomotive is partially visible in the background. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 1708 is shown in side profile at a rail yard in winter. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 9734, parked in a gravel rail yard with other locomotives nearby under a cloudy sky. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9734, is shown in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and red Union Pacific locomotive numbered 5946, stopped on railroad tracks next to other freight cars. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5946, is shown in a yard with freight cars under a clear sky. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and red Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1700 is parked on tracks in a gravel yard with a clear blue sky overhead. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive numbered 1700 sits in a yard during winter. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and red Union Pacific locomotive numbered 2192 is parked on tracks in a rail yard, with a second locomotive behind it. A Union Pacific EMD SD45 locomotive, number 2192, is shown in a yard, coupled to another locomotive. April 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 2987, painted yellow with red stripes, is parked in a rail yard with another locomotive in the background. A Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 2987, is shown in a rail yard on a clear summer day. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL