Flag Stop 4,614 transit photos from Chicago and beyond, mostly 1940s–2000s
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A side view of two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives in a gravel yard on an overcast day, with the lead locomotive numbered 2433. A Union Pacific EMD SD40 diesel locomotive, number 2433, is shown in a yard, with another UP locomotive, number 4405, visible behind it. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and black self-propelled railcar labeled 'SRS 137' and 'Sperry Rail Service' sits on tracks beside a paved walkway under a clear sky. A Sperry Rail Service self-propelled railcar, number 137, painted in its orange and black livery, is shown stationary on a private right-of-way, likely for track inspection duties. April 2000 · Bensenville, IL A yellow and black railcar labeled SRS 137 sits on railroad tracks next to a brick sidewalk, with trees and a clear sky in the background. A Sperry Rail Service Budd RDC, numbered 137, is shown in its distinctive orange and black livery on a private right-of-way in Bensenville, Illinois. April 2000 · Bensenville, IL A sunny day at a railroad station with a covered platform, two people waiting on a bench, and apartment buildings visible behind the station. A quiet railroad station platform on a sunny spring day with a brick station building and apartment buildings in the background. April 2000 · Main and Center St, Bensenville, IL A white Pace bus with a yellow stripe, number 8909, is parked on a street next to a stop sign and a parked station wagon, with bare trees and houses in the background. A Pace motor bus, number 8909, is stopped at a street corner on an overcast winter day, with bare trees and a residential neighborhood in the background. April 2000 · Harlem and Higgins, Chicago, IL A white Pace bus with red and blue stripes is parked under a large, modern canopy at a bus terminal. The bus displays route 37 and fleet number 6007. Numbers 90 and 209 are visible on the shelter's beam. A Pace bus, number 6007, is parked at a modern terminal shelter with route 37 displayed, under a clear sky in the Chicago area. April 2000 · Harlem and Higgins, Chicago, IL A white C-SPAN school bus is parked on a city street with pedestrians walking nearby and a large brick building in the background. A New Flyer D40LF motor bus branded for C-SPAN is parked on a Chicago street in the late 1990s. April 2000 · Dearborn and Polk, Chicago, IL A long, single-story brick and block building with several large garage doors open, one person walking in the lot, and part of a white bus visible on the far right. A large, modern bus garage with multiple open bays under a clear sky, with a single person walking in the forecourt. April 2000 · Armstrong and Elston, Chicago, IL A white and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 9916 is parked on a city street, showing its route sign and a movie advertisement on its side. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 9916, is parked on a street corner with its destination sign reading '81W West Lawrence | Jeff Pk station'. April 2000 · Armstrong and Elston, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with a red stripe, numbered 4728, drives down a city street lined with storefronts, including a Fannie May and an insurance agency, under a clear blue sky. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4728, is shown on a street corner in the 1990s, with a clear blue sky and local businesses in the background. April 2000 · Belmont and Central Aves A white and red CTA bus with the number 4260 on its front is driving down a city street lined with tall buildings, with a person walking on the sidewalk. A Chicago Transit Authority New Look bus, number 4260, operates route 120 Express on a city street in the 1990s. April 2000 · Wacker/Wells, Chicago, IL A white and blue Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4739, is parked on a street with a green building featuring an 'LTA' sign in the background, under an overcast sky. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40LF bus, number 4739, is shown parked on a street with its destination sign reading 'ELSTON'. April 2000 · Armstrong/Elston, Chicago, IL A white, red and blue CTA bus drives down a city street lined with tall buildings, with pedestrians crossing and other cars nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40LF bus, fleet number 4009, navigates a downtown street intersection on a sunny day. April 2000 · La Salle and Wacker, Chicago, IL A white CTA bus with red and blue stripes, numbered 9890, is parked in a lot with bare trees in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority motor bus, number 9890, is parked in a yard with other CTA vehicles in the background. April 2000 · Armstrong and Elston, Chicago, IL A white, blue, and red Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 9908 is parked on a street, with a second identical bus behind it. The sky is overcast and the destination sign reads 'Elston Bryn Maw'. A Chicago Transit Authority GM New Look bus, number 9908, parked at a terminal with its destination set for 'Elston Bryn Maw'. April 2000 · Armstrong/Elston, Chicago, IL A white Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 5639, with blue and red stripes, parked on a street next to a brick building. A Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro bus, number 5639, parked on a street in Chicago during winter. April 2000 · Armstrong/Elston, Chicago, IL A white and red CTA bus with the number 9890 and destination Addison is driving down a tree-lined street with parked cars and storefronts, under an overcast sky at dusk. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9890, on route 152 Addison, is seen driving down a residential street at dusk in winter. April 2000 · Nordica and Addison, Chicago, IL A white and red CTA bus, number 4712, on route 88, parked on a street with a red bicycle locked to a rack in front and a black apartment building in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4712, is parked on a city street, displaying route 88 to Harlem/BLINS, with a red bicycle locked to a rack in the foreground. April 2000 · Harlem and Higgins, Chicago, IL A yellow and dark green diesel locomotive with the number 8568 and 'NORTHWESTERN' on its side sits on railroad tracks in a gravel yard with snow patches under a gray sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 8568, is shown in side view at a rail yard on an overcast winter day. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and green diesel locomotive with the number 6811 and a Northwestern herald on the cab, parked on tracks in a gravel yard with freight cars in the background. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 6811, is pictured in a rail yard, likely in the 1980s, with its distinctive yellow and green livery. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one yellow and green with the number 5529 and the name 'North Western', and one black with the number 6892 and the name 'Cotton', are parked side by side on railroad tracks in a gravel yard under a cloudy sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 5529, in its yellow and green livery, is parked in a yard next to a black Cotton Belt GP9, number 6892, under an overcast sky. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two diesel locomotives on parallel tracks in a gravel yard, one Chicago and North Western number 8568, the other Union Pacific, under a gray sky with snow patches on the ground. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 8568, stands in a yard next to a Union Pacific locomotive under an overcast winter sky. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one blue and one orange, are parked side by side in a gravel yard under a clear sky. The blue locomotive displays the number 6002 and the text 'LOCOMOTIVE LEASING PARTNERS'. The orange locomotive displays the number 1503 and the reporting mark JTPX. A blue Locomotive Leasing Partners GP38-2, number 6002, stands in a yard next to an orange JTPX SW1200, number 1503, in Melrose Park, Illinois. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two white and red CTA buses, numbers 4214 and 4283, drive on a city street with tall buildings and a few pedestrians in the background. Two Chicago Transit Authority Flxible Metro buses, 4214 and 4283, on a city street in winter. April 1, 2000 · Wacker and Wells, Chicago, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 4369 stands sideways in a rail yard, coupled to a second yellow locomotive, with autorack cars behind and a gravel road in front. Union Pacific 4369 with a second Union Pacific diesel in the yard, likely Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. May 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two cabooses, one rusty brown and one white with red cupolas, both lettered SOO, are coupled together in a railyard with snow on the ground and other freight cars behind them. Two SOO Line cabooses, numbers 100 and 105, sit side-by-side in a snowy railyard, with freight cars in the background. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL Three diesel locomotives, one white with 'SOO' lettering and two red with 'CP Rail' lettering, are parked in a rail yard on a bright day. Three EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotives, two from CP Rail System and one from Soo Line, are parked side-by-side in a yard under a clear summer sky. May 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red and white Soo Line locomotive numbered 1535 is shown from the side, pulling freight cars under a highway overpass on a sunny day. Soo Line SD40-2 diesel locomotive #1535 pulling a freight train under a concrete overpass on a clear day. May 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a Soo Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive numbered 2015 on a railroad main line, pulling a yellow freight car under a clear sky. Soo Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive number 2015 on a main line with a freight car. May 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red and white Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 6020 is shown on a railroad track under a clear blue sky, with a car roof in the foreground and a freight car in the background. Soo Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive 6020 in its original red and white livery, photographed in Franklin Park, Illinois. May 2000 · Carnation and Front, Franklin 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 A row of rusted and white Soo Line cabooses, numbered 102 and 105, sit on tracks in a busy rail yard under a concrete overpass, with multiple freight cars visible in the background. Soo Line cabooses 102 and 105 are parked in a rail yard under an overpass, surrounded by various freight cars. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL A blue Metra diesel locomotive with the number 602 and red-and-white striped nose is on tracks in a yard on a clear day, pulling a stainless steel passenger car. Metra GP38-2 diesel locomotive #602, painted in its distinctive red, white, and blue livery, is shown at a yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, likely during a summer day in the 1990s or early 2000s. May 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A white, blue, and red Chicago Transit Authority bus numbered 4747 is parked on a street corner next to a house and a stop sign, with trees in early spring foliage behind it. Chicago Transit Authority bus 4747, a GM New Look TDH-5303, is parked on a street corner in spring, showing its side livery and a GAPJEANS advertisement. May 2000 · Harlem and Higgins, Chicago, IL A red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 8509 sits on tracks in a rail yard with industrial buildings in the background under a clear blue sky. Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive 8509 in a rail yard on a clear summer day. May 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A high-angle view of a sprawling railroad yard with dozens of tracks, freight cars, and an overpass, located in Franklin Park, Illinois. An expansive freight yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, viewed from above, featuring multiple tracks, freight cars, and an elevated highway bridge under a clear sky. May 2000 · Mannheim Bridge and Front St, Franklin Park, IL A side view of two freight cars, a yellow Railbox car and a white PLCX car, on a set of railroad tracks with a clear blue sky above. A yellow Railbox boxcar and a white PLCX gondola car sit on parallel tracks in a sunny rail yard. May 2000 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A high-angle view of a sprawling railroad yard with many tracks, freight cars, and a concrete overpass in the background under a clear blue sky. A wide-angle view of a busy freight yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, showing multiple tracks, a freight train, and the Mannheim Road overpass under a clear sky. May 2000 · Mannheim Bridge and Front St, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a white TILX covered hopper car, number 620376, coupled to an FPCX car, number 70114, sitting on railroad tracks with a clear blue sky above. A white TILX covered hopper car, number 620376, is shown in a consist with an FPCX car, number 70114, on a railroad main line in Franklin Park, Illinois. May 2000 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A white caboose with large black 'SOO' lettering and a red cupola, numbered 105, sitting on railroad tracks in a yard with dark green freight cars behind it. A white SOO Line caboose, number 105, with a red cupola and 'CP Rail System' herald, is parked in a freight yard. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front St, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a white PROCOR freight car with graffiti on its side, parked on railroad tracks with other cars nearby. A white PROCOR covered hopper car, numbered PX 332, sits on a railroad track in a yard under a clear sky. May 2000 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A white freight car with a CGTX logo and a black tank car with PROCOR lettering are parked side by side on a railroad main line, with tracks, gravel and dry grass in the foreground. A white CGTX covered hopper and a black PROCOR tank car sit on parallel tracks under a clear sky in Franklin Park, Illinois. May 2000 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL Two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives, 8539 and 9544, sit side-by-side on tracks in a gravel yard under a clear blue sky. A Union Pacific SD70 locomotive, number 8539, is coupled to another unit in a railroad yard on a clear autumn day. May 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Three diesel locomotives, one in Union Pacific yellow and two in Southern Pacific black livery, are parked in a yard with green bushes in the foreground. A Union Pacific SD40-2 and two Southern Pacific locomotives, including an SD40-2 and a GP9, are parked side by side in a gravel yard on a clear summer day. May 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific freight locomotive numbered 3969, with another similar locomotive behind it, on tracks at a rail yard under a clear sky. A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive, numbered 3969, is shown in profile at a rail yard. May 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and red Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 9544 on a railroad track with another locomotive coupled behind it, set against a clear sky with dry grass in the foreground. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9544, is shown in side profile at what is likely Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, with a trailing unit in matching livery. May 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives on tracks in a gravel yard under a clear sky. A Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 locomotive numbered 7526 is shown in side profile in a rail yard. May 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL